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Brian Mathew vs Andrew Western

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Andrew Western voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 293 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 249 different votes 293 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
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 37% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 24 No
Education 3% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 14 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

65.3%
7% below average
Rank 510 of 649
Participation
72.9%
same as average
Rank 361 of 649
379
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
702
963 eligible divisions
191
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
345
49.1% of votes cast
188
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
357
50.9% of votes cast
11
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 8 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

81
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649
Appearances
45
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 649
91
-46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
298
+160.9 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API