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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 1,167 shared comparable votes.

1,166 same votes 1 different votes 1,167 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
107 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 164 shared votes
107 Aye 57 No
29 Aye 94 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
29 Aye 94 No
56 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 109 shared votes
56 Aye 53 No
67 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 96 shared votes
67 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
107 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 164 shared votes
107 Aye 57 No
29 Aye 94 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
29 Aye 94 No
56 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 109 shared votes
56 Aye 53 No
67 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 96 shared votes
67 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 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
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
863
45.6% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

93
+11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 649
Appearances
55
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
109
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 649
Contributions
71
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 431 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
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API