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Matt Western vs Damian Hinds

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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Damian Hinds
Con East Hampshire

Voting alignment

Matt Western and Damian Hinds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,341 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,277 different votes 1,341 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
20 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
96 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 154 shared votes
60 Aye 94 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 6% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
22 Aye 34 No
36 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
16 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 36 shared votes
9 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 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
86.3%
14% above average
Rank 68 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,050
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
986
48.1% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,064
51.9% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.2% 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
78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Contributions
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 294 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
£2,055,176
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£219,626
3% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
161 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
56 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Trade
84 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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
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