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Matt Western vs Joe Robertson

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Joe Robertson voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 321 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 312 different votes 321 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
2 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
23 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
32 Aye 50 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
7 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

74.2%
2% above average
Rank 333 of 650
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 650
1,582
2,132 eligible divisions
Total votes
454
601 eligible divisions
883
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
205
45.2% of votes cast
699
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
249
54.8% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

93
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 650
Appearances
173
+87.4 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
109
-40.1 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 650
Contributions
299
+149.9 vs Commons average
Rank 62 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
£165,302
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£165,302
27% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
67 of 70 votes
#1
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Tax
96 of 113 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
Education
40 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

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