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Matt Western vs James Cartlidge

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and James Cartlidge voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,342 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 1,270 different votes 1,342 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 60 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 156 shared votes
61 Aye 95 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 6% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 10 No
Energy 3% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
16 Aye 40 No
25 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
34 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
22 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 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
86.4%
14% above average
Rank 67 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
982
47.9% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.7% 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
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Contributions
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 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
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£280,834
24% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Housing
62 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API