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Matt Western vs Ian Murray

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Ian Murray voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,257 shared comparable votes.

1,254 same votes 3 different votes 1,257 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 61 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 157 shared votes
96 Aye 61 No
101 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 150 shared votes
101 Aye 49 No
38 Aye 103 No
Migration 100% aligned 141 shared votes
38 Aye 103 No
63 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 119 shared votes
63 Aye 56 No
31 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 60 shared votes
37 Aye 23 No
34 Aye 26 No
Trade 98% aligned 60 shared votes
35 Aye 25 No
96 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 157 shared votes
96 Aye 61 No
101 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 150 shared votes
101 Aye 49 No
38 Aye 103 No
Migration 100% aligned 141 shared votes
38 Aye 103 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

74.3%
2% above average
Rank 323 of 650
Participation
71.0%
1% below average
Rank 402 of 650
1,597
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,707
2,405 eligible divisions
888
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
944
55.3% of votes cast
709
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
763
44.7% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

91
+2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
Appearances
74
-14.8 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
107
-47.6 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 650
Contributions
151
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 221 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
£2,997,266
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£277,506
23% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
79 of 82 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 212 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
152 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
66 of 82 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 189 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
Benefits
63 of 81 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API