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Matt Western vs Laura Trott

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Laura Trott voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 864 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 818 different votes 864 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
18 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
48 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 100 shared votes
52 Aye 48 No
19 Aye 5 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 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
74.5%
2% above average
Rank 323 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,235
1,658 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
640
51.8% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
595
48.2% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

93
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Appearances
31
-51.3 vs Commons average
Rank 548 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Contributions
50
-93.5 vs Commons average
Rank 506 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
£1,164,100
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£284,794
26% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
14
5 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
63 of 63 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 44 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
143 of 174 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Defence
57 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

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