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Matt Western vs Mark Ferguson

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Mark Ferguson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 328 shared comparable votes.

327 same votes 1 different votes 328 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
50 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
50 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
50 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 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
89.3%
17% above average
Rank 24 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
527
590 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
279
52.9% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
248
47.1% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

93
+9.4 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 650
Appearances
9
-74.6 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 650
109
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650
Contributions
25
-120.7 vs Commons average
Rank 595 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
£191,951
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£191,951
15% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API