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Matt Western vs Elaine Stewart

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Elaine Stewart voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 241 shared comparable votes.

240 same votes 1 different votes 241 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
46 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
46 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 3 No
Energy 100% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 12 No
Benefits 94% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
46 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
46 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 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
61.5%
11% below average
Rank 564 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
363
590 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
160
44.1% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
203
55.9% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

93
+8.2 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
Appearances
26
-58.8 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 650
109
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 650
Contributions
36
-111.7 vs Commons average
Rank 563 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
£207,074
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£207,074
8% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Energy
16 of 20 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Housing
25 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Defence
26 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
47 of 62 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Tax
81 of 112 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API