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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 284 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 276 different votes 284 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 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
50 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
29 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
29 Aye 50 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
2 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 331 of 648
Participation
74.3 %
1 % above average
Rank 337 of 648
1,538
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
391
526 eligible divisions
864
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
169
43.2 % of votes cast
674
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
222
56.8 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 648
Appearances
128
+67.6 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 648
67
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 648
Contributions
222
+113.1 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 648

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
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
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
27 of 31 votes
Migration
145 of 161 votes
#2
Tax
93 of 108 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 40 votes
#4
Energy
14 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 43 votes
#5
Education
39 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API