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Matt Western vs Dame Chi Onwurah

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Dame Chi Onwurah voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,362 shared comparable votes.

1,349 same votes 13 different votes 1,362 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
101 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 158 shared votes
101 Aye 57 No
95 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 151 shared votes
95 Aye 56 No
34 Aye 99 No
Migration 100% aligned 133 shared votes
34 Aye 99 No
69 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 122 shared votes
69 Aye 53 No
45 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 66 shared votes
45 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
101 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 158 shared votes
101 Aye 57 No
95 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 151 shared votes
95 Aye 56 No
34 Aye 99 No
Migration 100% aligned 133 shared votes
34 Aye 99 No
69 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 122 shared votes
69 Aye 53 No
45 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 66 shared votes
45 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

74.2%
2% above average
Rank 329 of 650
Participation
76.2%
4% above average
Rank 284 of 650
1,593
2,146 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,830
2,401 eligible divisions
885
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,012
55.3% of votes cast
708
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
818
44.7% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

91
+3.8 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 650
Appearances
113
+25.8 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 650
107
-45.0 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
Contributions
162
+10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 192 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
£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£303,201
34% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
14
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

Foreign Affairs
73 of 76 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
74 of 76 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
61 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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