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Matt Western vs Lorraine Beavers

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Lorraine Beavers voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 391 shared comparable votes.

383 same votes 8 different votes 391 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
61 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
61 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
31 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 12 No
Benefits 75% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
61 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
61 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
31 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 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 318 of 650
Participation
86.8%
14% above average
Rank 59 of 650
1,613
2,167 eligible divisions
Total votes
552
636 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
291
52.7% of votes cast
713
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
261
47.3% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
1.6% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

101
+4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 650
Appearances
72
-24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 650
117
-50.2 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 650
Contributions
88
-79.2 vs Commons average
Rank 434 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
£199,406
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£199,406
12% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 189 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API