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Matt Western vs Chris Law

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Chris Law voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 847 shared comparable votes.

760 same votes 87 different votes 847 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 59 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 149 shared votes
90 Aye 59 No
37 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 50 shared votes
37 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
91 Aye 34 No
Tax 66% aligned 125 shared votes
77 Aye 48 No
13 Aye 3 No
Energy 69% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 15 No
Benefits 77% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 86% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 90% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 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
51.1%
21% below average
Rank 619 of 650
1,598
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,229
2,406 eligible divisions
889
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
678
55.2% of votes cast
709
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
551
44.8% 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
+2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
Appearances
62
-29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 650
110
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 650
Contributions
66
-92.3 vs Commons average
Rank 479 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
£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£345,624
53% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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
79 of 82 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
196 of 212 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 189 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
57 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
64 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API