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Matt Western vs Alex Burghart

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

Photograph of Matt Western
Matt Western
Lab Warwick and Leamington
vs
Photograph of Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

Matt Western and Alex Burghart voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,322 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,263 different votes 1,322 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
96 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 157 shared votes
61 Aye 96 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 3% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
38 Aye 100 No
Migration 3% aligned 138 shared votes
96 Aye 42 No
116 Aye 58 No
Tax 2% aligned 174 shared votes
55 Aye 119 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
15 Aye 40 No
24 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 36 shared votes
9 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

74.1%
1% above average
Rank 331 of 649
Participation
85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
870
48.2% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
935
51.8% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

93
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649
109
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 649
Contributions
136
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
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