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Matt Western vs Julia Lopez

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

Photograph of Matt Western
Matt Western
Lab Warwick and Leamington
vs
Photograph of Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster

Voting alignment

Matt Western and Julia Lopez voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,329 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,272 different votes 1,329 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
24 Aye 11 No
Education 6% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
95 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 154 shared votes
54 Aye 100 No
37 Aye 99 No
Migration 3% aligned 136 shared votes
95 Aye 41 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
16 Aye 37 No
32 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
21 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 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
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 127 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,768
2,121 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
848
48.0% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
920
52.0% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

93
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 649
Appearances
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 649
109
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 649
Contributions
35
-110.9 vs Commons average
Rank 563 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
£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£227,011
same as average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
185 of 188 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 163 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Trade
79 of 87 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Tax
251 of 288 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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