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Rachel Hopkins vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Hopkins and Catherine West voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,129 shared comparable votes.

1,129 same votes 0 different votes 1,129 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
39 Aye 101 No
Migration 100% aligned 140 shared votes
39 Aye 101 No
80 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 132 shared votes
80 Aye 52 No
55 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 124 shared votes
55 Aye 69 No
43 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 61 shared votes
43 Aye 18 No
31 Aye 21 No
Benefits 100% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 101 No
Migration 100% aligned 140 shared votes
39 Aye 101 No
80 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 132 shared votes
80 Aye 52 No
55 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 124 shared votes
55 Aye 69 No
43 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 61 shared votes
43 Aye 18 No
31 Aye 21 No
Benefits 100% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

84.9%
12% above average
Rank 96 of 649
Participation
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
1,408
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
746
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
662
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

86
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 649
Appearances
46
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
100
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
Contributions
57
-85.3 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£253,152
12% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
2
2 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
53 of 54 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Education
65 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Migration
143 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API