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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 1,086 shared comparable votes.

1,084 same votes 2 different votes 1,086 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
48 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
48 Aye 72 No
72 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 119 shared votes
72 Aye 47 No
30 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 60 shared votes
30 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
48 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
48 Aye 72 No
72 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 119 shared votes
72 Aye 47 No
30 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 60 shared votes
30 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

77.7%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
Participation
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 333 of 650
1,354
1,742 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,776
2,406 eligible divisions
704
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
54.0% of votes cast
650
48.0% of votes cast
No votes
817
46.0% of votes cast
16
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
7 years, 6 months
Since 4 Apr 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

61
-31.1 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 650
Appearances
54
-38.1 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
86
-74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650
Contributions
65
-95.1 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 650

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
6
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
Work / Employment
63 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Education
61 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
Migration
136 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API