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Matt Western vs Ian Sollom

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Ian Sollom voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 311 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 247 different votes 311 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
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 1 No
Housing 63% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 3 No
Energy 56% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
0 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
46 Aye 24 No
Tax 4% aligned 70 shared votes
27 Aye 43 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 332 of 650
Participation
74.5%
2% above average
Rank 324 of 650
1,576
2,126 eligible divisions
Total votes
443
595 eligible divisions
879
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
232
52.4% of votes cast
697
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
211
47.6% 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
+7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 650
Appearances
87
+1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 650
109
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
Contributions
98
-50.6 vs Commons average
Rank 351 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
£208,212
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£208,212
8% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
67 of 70 votes
#1
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Education
43 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