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Fred Thomas vs Matt Western

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

Photograph of Fred Thomas
Fred Thomas
Lab Plymouth Moor View
vs
Photograph of Matt Western
Matt Western
Lab Warwick and Leamington

Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Matt Western voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 276 shared comparable votes.

276 same votes 0 different votes 276 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
50 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
50 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
25 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
50 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
25 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

68.1%
4% below average
Rank 460 of 649
Participation
74.1%
1% above average
Rank 331 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
234
58.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
877
55.8% of votes cast
168
41.8% of votes cast
No votes
694
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 650
Appearances
93
+9.4 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 650
59
-86.7 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 650
Contributions
109
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£225,625
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£312,296
38% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Housing
31 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Migration
147 of 163 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
Tax
90 of 112 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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