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Matt Western vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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

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Matt Western
Lab Warwick and Leamington
vs
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Dr Ellie Chowns
Green North Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Matt Western and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 63% of the time, based on 318 shared comparable votes.

201 same votes 117 different votes 318 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
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 34 shared votes
28 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 2 No
Energy 88% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 0 No
Housing 86% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 12 shared votes
0 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 13 No
Defence 37% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
26 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 39% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 50% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 2 No
Trade 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
55.9% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
208
44.1% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

93
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Appearances
225
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Contributions
336
+192.5 vs Commons average
Rank 48 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
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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