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Matt Western vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,290 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 1,229 different votes 1,290 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
18 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 6% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
89 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 147 shared votes
56 Aye 91 No
41 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 56 shared votes
17 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 59 shared votes
32 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% 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
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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