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Matt Western vs Dame Siobhain McDonagh

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Dame Siobhain McDonagh voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,028 shared comparable votes.

1,009 same votes 19 different votes 1,028 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
96 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 139 shared votes
96 Aye 43 No
78 Aye 43 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 121 shared votes
78 Aye 43 No
55 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 98 shared votes
55 Aye 43 No
22 Aye 40 No
Migration 100% aligned 62 shared votes
22 Aye 40 No
24 Aye 25 No
Transport 100% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 28 No
Trade 96% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
29 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
96 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 139 shared votes
96 Aye 43 No
78 Aye 43 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 121 shared votes
78 Aye 43 No
55 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 98 shared votes
55 Aye 43 No

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

Voting record

74.4%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 650
Participation
55.4%
17% below average
Rank 603 of 650
1,609
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,338
2,417 eligible divisions
897
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
759
56.7% of votes cast
712
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
579
43.3% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.6% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

100
+5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 650
Appearances
44
-50.5 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 650
116
-48.6 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650
Contributions
50
-114.6 vs Commons average
Rank 533 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
£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£292,669
29% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
147 of 212 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Transport
66 of 98 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
55 of 82 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 189 votes
#4
Education
64 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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