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Matt Western vs Dame Harriett Baldwin

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

Photograph of Matt Western
Matt Western
Lab Warwick and Leamington
vs
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Dame Harriett Baldwin
Con West Worcestershire

Voting alignment

Matt Western and Dame Harriett Baldwin voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,271 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,213 different votes 1,271 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
17 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 6% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
94 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 153 shared votes
59 Aye 94 No
10 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
32 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
16 Aye 32 No
14 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

74.1%
1% above average
Rank 331 of 649
Participation
81.6%
9% above average
Rank 170 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,940
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.2% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,025
52.8% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

93
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Appearances
105
+22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Contributions
134
-9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,496,334
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£247,722
10% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
207 of 211 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Trade
76 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
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