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Matt Western vs Ian Roome

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Ian Roome voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 227 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 170 different votes 227 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
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 3 No
Energy 63% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 1 No
Housing 63% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 10 No
Defence 7% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
24 Aye 21 No
Tax 9% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 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
54.2%
18% below average
Rank 610 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
320
590 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
178
55.6% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
142
44.4% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

93
+9.4 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 650
Appearances
91
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
109
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650
Contributions
117
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 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
£156,328
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£156,328
31% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Education
35 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

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