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Matt Western vs Jesse Norman

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Jesse Norman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,110 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,054 different votes 1,110 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
15 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 6% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 8 No
Energy 3% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
16 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 15 No
Migration 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 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
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

93
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Contributions
101
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 331 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
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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