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Matt Western vs Julia Buckley

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Julia Buckley voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 375 shared comparable votes.

368 same votes 7 different votes 375 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
42 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
42 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 7 No
Education 94% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
42 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
42 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

74.4%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 650
Participation
78.1%
6% above average
Rank 240 of 650
1,613
2,167 eligible divisions
Total votes
497
636 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
49.1% of votes cast
713
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
253
50.9% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.4% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

101
+5.4 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 650
Appearances
33
-62.6 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 650
117
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 650
Contributions
34
-132.5 vs Commons average
Rank 588 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
£246,317
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£246,317
9% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
79 of 82 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Housing
32 of 33 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 189 votes
#4
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API