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Matt Western vs Lucy Powell

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Lucy Powell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,173 shared comparable votes.

1,172 same votes 1 different votes 1,173 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
104 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 151 shared votes
104 Aye 47 No
91 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 147 shared votes
91 Aye 56 No
53 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 109 shared votes
53 Aye 56 No
26 Aye 81 No
Migration 100% aligned 107 shared votes
26 Aye 81 No
30 Aye 26 No
Trade 100% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
104 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 151 shared votes
104 Aye 47 No
91 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 147 shared votes
91 Aye 56 No
53 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 109 shared votes
53 Aye 56 No
26 Aye 81 No
Migration 100% aligned 107 shared votes
26 Aye 81 No
30 Aye 26 No
Trade 100% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 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
65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
879
56.1% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
687
43.9% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
13 years, 9 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

93
+11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 649
Appearances
7
-74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
109
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 649
Contributions
63
-79.3 vs Commons average
Rank 462 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
£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£250,940
11% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
14
5 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
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Defence
51 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API