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Matt Western vs Brendan O'Hara

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Brendan O'Hara voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 960 shared comparable votes.

866 same votes 94 different votes 960 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
90 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 150 shared votes
90 Aye 60 No
22 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
30 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 42 shared votes
30 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
100 Aye 40 No
Tax 71% aligned 140 shared votes
91 Aye 49 No
20 Aye 8 No
Energy 71% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
23 Aye 18 No
Benefits 78% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 1 No
Education 80% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
19 Aye 14 No
Transport 85% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

74.3%
2% above average
Rank 323 of 650
Participation
57.1%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 650
1,598
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,375
2,406 eligible divisions
889
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
758
55.1% of votes cast
709
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
617
44.9% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

94
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
Appearances
82
-8.6 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
110
-47.6 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 650
Contributions
95
-62.6 vs Commons average
Rank 383 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
£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£358,048
58% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Migration
163 of 171 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 212 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 189 votes
#4
Trade
77 of 94 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes

Recent voting overlap

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