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Ruth Jones vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Ruth Jones and Catherine West voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,069 shared comparable votes.

1,067 same votes 2 different votes 1,069 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
34 Aye 100 No
Migration 100% aligned 134 shared votes
34 Aye 100 No
72 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 118 shared votes
72 Aye 46 No
47 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 116 shared votes
47 Aye 69 No
29 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
39 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 57 shared votes
39 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 100 No
Migration 100% aligned 134 shared votes
34 Aye 100 No
72 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 118 shared votes
72 Aye 46 No
47 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 116 shared votes
47 Aye 69 No
29 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
39 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 57 shared votes
39 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
Participation
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
694
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
643
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
16
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
7 years, 5 months
Since 4 Apr 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
Appearances
46
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
78
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 402 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

£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£296,369
31% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
5
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

#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Education
61 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
136 of 154 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API