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Matt Western vs Bill Esterson
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Matt Western and Bill Esterson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,286 shared comparable votes.
1,285 same votes
1 different votes
1,286 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
74.4 %
2 % above average
Participation
71.0 %
2 % below average
1,567
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,677
2,361 eligible divisions
876
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
942
56.2 % of votes cast
691
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
735
43.8 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
93
+15.1 vs Commons average
Appearances
54
-23.9 vs Commons average
113
-25.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
77
-61.3 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API