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Matt Western vs Andrew Western

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Andrew Western voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 508 shared comparable votes.

508 same votes 0 different votes 508 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
47 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
47 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 47 No
Migration 100% aligned 67 shared votes
20 Aye 47 No
30 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
47 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 47 No
Migration 100% aligned 67 shared votes
20 Aye 47 No
30 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 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
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 357 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
712
973 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
348
48.9% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
364
51.1% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

93
+10.8 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 649
Appearances
45
-37.2 vs Commons average
Rank 479 of 649
109
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 649
Contributions
298
+154.7 vs Commons average
Rank 58 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
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API