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Matt Western vs Luke Taylor

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Luke Taylor voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 212 different votes 269 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
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 1 No
Housing 63% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 3 No
Energy 33% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
9 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 0 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 10 No
Defence 7% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 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 332 of 650
Participation
66.9%
6% below average
Rank 483 of 650
1,576
2,126 eligible divisions
Total votes
398
595 eligible divisions
879
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
222
55.8% of votes cast
697
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
176
44.2% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

93
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 650
Appearances
94
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 206 of 650
109
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
Contributions
128
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 254 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
£179,501
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£179,501
21% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
67 of 70 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Education
42 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

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