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Stephen Doughty vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Catherine West voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,360 shared comparable votes.

1,351 same votes 9 different votes 1,360 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
95 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
95 Aye 66 No
98 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 158 shared votes
98 Aye 60 No
37 Aye 84 No
Migration 100% aligned 121 shared votes
37 Aye 84 No
57 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 118 shared votes
57 Aye 61 No
31 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 14 No
Energy 97% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
95 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
95 Aye 66 No
98 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 158 shared votes
98 Aye 60 No
37 Aye 84 No
Migration 100% aligned 121 shared votes
37 Aye 84 No
57 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 118 shared votes
57 Aye 61 No

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

Voting record

66.3%
6% below average
Rank 489 of 650
Participation
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 337 of 650
1,593
2,401 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,401 eligible divisions
910
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
955
53.9% of votes cast
683
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
816
46.1% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

82
-5.2 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
Appearances
51
-36.2 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
408
+256.0 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650
Contributions
62
-90.0 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 76 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
64 of 76 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API