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Matt Western vs Dan Carden

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Dan Carden voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,251 shared comparable votes.

1,242 same votes 9 different votes 1,251 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
128 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 190 shared votes
128 Aye 62 No
95 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 154 shared votes
95 Aye 59 No
51 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 108 shared votes
51 Aye 57 No
25 Aye 72 No
Migration 100% aligned 97 shared votes
25 Aye 72 No
43 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 67 shared votes
43 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
128 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 190 shared votes
128 Aye 62 No
95 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 154 shared votes
95 Aye 59 No
51 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 108 shared votes
51 Aye 57 No
25 Aye 72 No
Migration 100% aligned 97 shared votes
25 Aye 72 No
43 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 67 shared votes
43 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

74.3%
2% above average
Rank 323 of 650
Participation
69.0%
3% below average
Rank 444 of 650
1,597
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,483
2,150 eligible divisions
888
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
816
55.0% of votes cast
709
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
667
45.0% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

91
+2.6 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
Appearances
29
-59.4 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 650
107
-46.9 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 650
Contributions
40
-113.9 vs Commons average
Rank 556 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
£1,875,223
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£298,675
32% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 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
79 of 82 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
162 of 189 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 189 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
73 of 90 votes

Recent voting overlap

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