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Matt Western vs Jess Asato

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Jess Asato voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 389 shared comparable votes.

377 same votes 12 different votes 389 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
60 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
60 Aye 32 No
32 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
32 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
60 Aye 32 No
32 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
32 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 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 320 of 650
Participation
78.8%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 650
1,613
2,167 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
636 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
49.1% of votes cast
713
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
255
50.9% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.0% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

101
+4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
Appearances
20
-77.0 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 650
117
-52.2 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 650
Contributions
28
-141.2 vs Commons average
Rank 604 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
£194,965
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£194,965
14% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
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
79 of 82 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 189 votes
#4
Benefits
30 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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