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Matt Western vs Dame Meg Hillier

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,318 shared comparable votes.

1,304 same votes 14 different votes 1,318 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
124 Aye 55 No
Tax 100% aligned 179 shared votes
124 Aye 55 No
96 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 157 shared votes
96 Aye 61 No
39 Aye 86 No
Migration 100% aligned 125 shared votes
39 Aye 86 No
57 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 103 shared votes
57 Aye 46 No
42 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 66 shared votes
42 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
124 Aye 55 No
Tax 100% aligned 179 shared votes
124 Aye 55 No
96 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 157 shared votes
96 Aye 61 No
39 Aye 86 No
Migration 100% aligned 125 shared votes
39 Aye 86 No
57 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 103 shared votes
57 Aye 46 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
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 339 of 650
1,593
2,146 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,770
2,401 eligible divisions
885
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
993
56.1% of votes cast
708
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
777
43.9% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

91
+3.2 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
Appearances
143
+55.2 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 650
107
-46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 650
Contributions
235
+81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 109 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
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 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

Foreign Affairs
78 of 81 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
73 of 81 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

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