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Matt Western vs Melanie Onn

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
Photograph of Melanie Onn
Melanie Onn
Lab Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes

Voting alignment

Matt Western and Melanie Onn voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 685 shared comparable votes.

680 same votes 5 different votes 685 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
81 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 131 shared votes
81 Aye 50 No
30 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 15 No
Trade 100% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 13 No
Transport 100% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
70 Aye 40 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 110 shared votes
72 Aye 38 No
81 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 131 shared votes
81 Aye 50 No
30 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 15 No
Trade 100% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

74.3%
2% above average
Rank 323 of 650
Participation
74.8%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 650
1,597
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
463
619 eligible divisions
888
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
225
48.6% of votes cast
709
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
238
51.4% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

91
+2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
Appearances
106
+17.2 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
107
-47.6 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 650
Contributions
153
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 219 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
£1,014,663
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£201,216
11% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
79 of 82 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 189 votes
#4
Energy
17 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
Tax
95 of 114 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye rebel
No
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sept 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye rebel
Aye
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
No rebel
Aye
Margaret Beckett's motion M (Confirmatory public vote) 27 Mar 2019
No rebel
No rebel
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API