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Matt Western vs Dr Allison Gardner

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Dr Allison Gardner voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.

357 same votes 10 different votes 367 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
51 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
51 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
31 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
31 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
51 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
31 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
31 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 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
83.5%
11% above average
Rank 120 of 650
1,613
2,167 eligible divisions
Total votes
531
636 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
48.8% of votes cast
713
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
272
51.2% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.4% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

101
+4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
Appearances
105
+8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650
117
-52.2 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 650
Contributions
154
-15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 250 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
£200,981
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£200,981
11% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
79 of 82 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 189 votes
#4
Housing
32 of 33 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API