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Matt Western vs Alan Strickland

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Alan Strickland voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 401 shared comparable votes.

391 same votes 10 different votes 401 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
61 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
61 Aye 36 No
27 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
61 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
61 Aye 36 No
27 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

74.4%
2% above average
Rank 318 of 650
Participation
88.6%
16% above average
Rank 35 of 650
1,611
2,164 eligible divisions
Total votes
561
633 eligible divisions
899
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
282
50.3% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
279
49.7% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.1% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

101
+4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 650
Appearances
39
-57.1 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 650
117
-50.2 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 650
Contributions
40
-127.2 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£174,611
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£174,611
23% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
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

Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
#1
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Transport
32 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 189 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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