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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 1,148 shared comparable votes.

1,147 same votes 1 different votes 1,148 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
25 Aye 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
25 Aye 80 No
27 Aye 26 No
Trade 100% aligned 53 shared votes
27 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
25 Aye 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
25 Aye 80 No
27 Aye 26 No
Trade 100% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

74.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 336 of 647
Participation
65.9 %
7 % below average
Rank 504 of 647
1,538
2,068 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,530
2,323 eligible divisions
864
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
862
56.3 % of votes cast
674
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
668
43.7 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
13 years, 7 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

64
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 647
Appearances
9
-54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 618 of 647
71
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 647
Contributions
379
+265.4 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,425,912
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£249,415
10 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
12
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
65 of 75 votes
Migration
145 of 161 votes
#2
Education
81 of 95 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 40 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 43 votes
#5
Defence
44 of 59 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API