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Paul Holmes vs Catherine West

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Catherine West voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 982 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 938 different votes 982 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
16 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 24 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 15 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
Participation
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
702
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
708
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

114
+30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 650
Appearances
49
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650
387
+241.3 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 650
Contributions
60
-85.7 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API