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Sarah Pochin vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Catherine West voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 148 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 133 different votes 148 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 4 No
Migration 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 9 No
Tax 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

57.4%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 649
Participation
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
232
404 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
105
45.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
127
54.7% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
7
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

100
+18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
Appearances
46
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
120
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 263 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

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
7
5 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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Housing
22 of 25 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Energy
6 of 8 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