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Matt Western vs Josh Dean

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Josh Dean voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 390 shared comparable votes.

389 same votes 1 different votes 390 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
53 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
53 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
53 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 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
93.4%
21% above average
Rank 5 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
551
590 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
276
50.1% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
275
49.9% 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
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Appearances
53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 426 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Contributions
60
-83.5 vs Commons average
Rank 472 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
£169,396
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£169,396
25% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API