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Matt Western vs Jeff Smith
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Matt Western and Jeff Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,142 shared comparable votes.
1,141 same votes
1 different votes
1,142 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
74.4 %
1 % above average
Participation
79.6 %
6 % above average
1,538
2,068 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,848
2,323 eligible divisions
864
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,011
54.7 % of votes cast
674
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
837
45.3 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
64
+0.4 vs Commons average
Appearances
22
-41.6 vs Commons average
71
-42.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
29
-84.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API