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Matt Western vs Jeremy Corbyn

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Jeremy Corbyn voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 1,093 shared comparable votes.

985 same votes 108 different votes 1,093 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
88 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 147 shared votes
88 Aye 59 No
28 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 23 shared votes
20 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 20 No
Benefits 72% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 18 No
Defence 72% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 8 No
Education 73% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
49 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 83% aligned 100 shared votes
50 Aye 50 No
94 Aye 38 No
Tax 88% aligned 132 shared votes
86 Aye 46 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

74.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 326 of 649
Participation
62.5 %
10 % below average
Rank 552 of 649
1,567
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,476
2,361 eligible divisions
876
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
819
55.5 % of votes cast
691
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
657
44.5 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

93
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
Appearances
130
+52.1 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 650
113
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 650
Contributions
183
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 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
£2,714,849
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£284,788
26 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
29
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Migration
144 of 171 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#3
Housing
51 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 40 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
48 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

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