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Matt Western vs Luke Pollard

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Luke Pollard voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,248 shared comparable votes.

1,247 same votes 1 different votes 1,248 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
103 Aye 58 No
Tax 100% aligned 161 shared votes
103 Aye 58 No
95 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 155 shared votes
95 Aye 60 No
37 Aye 100 No
Migration 100% aligned 137 shared votes
37 Aye 100 No
59 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 113 shared votes
59 Aye 54 No
36 Aye 30 No
Trade 100% aligned 66 shared votes
36 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
103 Aye 58 No
Tax 100% aligned 161 shared votes
103 Aye 58 No
95 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 155 shared votes
95 Aye 60 No
37 Aye 100 No
Migration 100% aligned 137 shared votes
37 Aye 100 No
59 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 113 shared votes
59 Aye 54 No
36 Aye 30 No
Trade 100% aligned 66 shared votes
36 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

74.2%
2% above average
Rank 331 of 649
Participation
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 443 of 649
1,571
2,117 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,465
2,117 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
808
55.2% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
657
44.8% 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
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

95
+14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 649
Appearances
72
-8.6 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 649
114
-26.5 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 649
Contributions
676
+535.5 vs Commons average
Rank 8 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
£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£309,067
37% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
144 of 163 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Defence
58 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Trade
71 of 87 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API