The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Matt Western vs Edward Argar

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Edward Argar voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,395 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,325 different votes 1,395 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
96 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 155 shared votes
61 Aye 94 No
24 Aye 11 No
Education 6% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
60 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 122 shared votes
62 Aye 60 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
17 Aye 39 No
34 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
22 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 36 shared votes
9 Aye 27 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
89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

93
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Contributions
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 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
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11% 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
209 of 211 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

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