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Peter Swallow vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Peter Swallow and Catherine West voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

314 same votes 1 different votes 315 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
19 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

85.4%
13% above average
Rank 84 of 649
Participation
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
504
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
245
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
259
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

204
+120.4 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 650
Appearances
49
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650
292
+146.3 vs Commons average
Rank 61 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

£169,409
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£169,409
25% below average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API