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Matt Western vs Kit Malthouse

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Kit Malthouse voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,325 shared comparable votes.

83 same votes 1,242 different votes 1,325 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
19 Aye 13 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 11 No
Education 6% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
34 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 50 shared votes
18 Aye 32 No
92 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 149 shared votes
56 Aye 93 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 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
86.0%
13% above average
Rank 77 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,044
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.9% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,065
52.1% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

93
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Appearances
81
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Contributions
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 261 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
£2,190,913
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£293,019
30% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
88 of 91 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
163 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

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