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Matt Western vs Barry Gardiner
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Matt Western and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,209 shared comparable votes.
1,197 same votes
12 different votes
1,209 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
74.3%
2% above average
Participation
66.6%
6% below average
1,597
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,405 eligible divisions
888
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
709
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
91
+3.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
55
-33.0 vs Commons average
107
-46.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
91
-62.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
rebel
Aye
No
rebel
No
Aye
rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API