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Sarah Smith vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Catherine West voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 281 shared comparable votes.

274 same votes 7 different votes 281 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
31 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
31 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
31 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

64.5%
8% below average
Rank 518 of 650
Participation
74.0%
2% above average
Rank 330 of 650
410
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,792
2,422 eligible divisions
217
52.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
970
54.1% of votes cast
193
47.1% of votes cast
No votes
822
45.9% of votes cast
14
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

75
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 650
Appearances
58
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
94
-73.1 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 650
Contributions
69
-98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
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
9 of 10 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
Benefits
24 of 32 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API