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Matt Western vs Helen Grant

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Helen Grant voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,119 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,060 different votes 1,119 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
11 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 21% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 14 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
94 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 154 shared votes
59 Aye 95 No
35 Aye 57 No
Migration 4% aligned 92 shared votes
53 Aye 39 No
17 Aye 10 No
Education 4% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 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
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,751
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
826
47.2% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
925
52.8% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

93
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Appearances
16
-66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Contributions
27
-116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 587 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
£2,650,269
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£276,159
22% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
204 of 211 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
54 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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