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Matt Western vs Mark Garnier

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

Photograph of Matt Western
Matt Western
Lab Warwick and Leamington
vs
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Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest

Voting alignment

Matt Western and Mark Garnier voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,298 shared comparable votes.

79 same votes 1,219 different votes 1,298 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
15 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
95 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 155 shared votes
62 Aye 93 No
18 Aye 14 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 6% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
40 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 56 shared votes
19 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
21 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 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
83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
970
48.9% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

93
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Appearances
74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Contributions
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 262 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
£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£260,744
15% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
22
7 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Migration
152 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
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