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Matt Western vs Jo Platt

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Jo Platt voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 652 shared comparable votes.

649 same votes 3 different votes 652 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
79 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 126 shared votes
79 Aye 47 No
33 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
33 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 20 No
Transport 100% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 12 No
Trade 100% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
72 Aye 40 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 112 shared votes
73 Aye 39 No
79 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 126 shared votes
79 Aye 47 No
33 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
33 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 20 No
Transport 100% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 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
77.8%
5% above average
Rank 251 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
459
590 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
231
50.3% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
228
49.7% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

93
+11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 649
Appearances
32
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 649
109
-33.2 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 649
Contributions
53
-89.2 vs Commons average
Rank 492 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
£766,743
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£208,190
8% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API