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Wera Hobhouse vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Catherine West voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 1,249 shared comparable votes.

1,042 same votes 207 different votes 1,249 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 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 160 shared votes
95 Aye 65 No
16 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
25 Aye 88 No
Migration 96% aligned 113 shared votes
25 Aye 88 No
17 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 96% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 22 No
Education 38% aligned 47 shared votes
36 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 27 No
Devolution / Local Government 60% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
81 Aye 51 No
Tax 61% aligned 132 shared votes
86 Aye 46 No
22 Aye 19 No
Benefits 71% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 7 No
Energy 77% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

73.0%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 650
Participation
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 333 of 650
1,571
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,776
2,406 eligible divisions
857
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
54.0% of votes cast
714
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
817
46.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

155
+62.0 vs Commons average
Rank 83 of 650
Appearances
55
-38.0 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 650
218
+56.0 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
Contributions
66
-96.0 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
12
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
Brexit / EU
171 of 189 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Trade
70 of 90 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API