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Matt Western vs Dave Doogan

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Dave Doogan voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 631 shared comparable votes.

540 same votes 91 different votes 631 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
21 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
68 Aye 24 No
Tax 54% aligned 92 shared votes
56 Aye 36 No
17 Aye 17 No
Benefits 65% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 4 No
Energy 74% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 7 No
Transport 86% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
26 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 87% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 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
48.2%
24% below average
Rank 624 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
799
1,658 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
433
54.2% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
366
45.8% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

93
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 649
Appearances
92
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 649
109
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 649
Contributions
156
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 194 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
£1,355,209
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£322,192
42% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
53 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 41 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Migration
121 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API