The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Peter Fortune vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Peter Fortune and Catherine West voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 272 different votes 280 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 17 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 375 of 649
Participation
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
188
44.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
238
55.9% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

121
+38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 649
Appearances
48
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
145
+1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 649
Contributions
59
-84.5 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£180,830
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£180,830
20% below average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
50 of 62 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API