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Matt Western vs Mr Angus MacDonald

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Mr Angus MacDonald voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 248 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 210 different votes 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
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 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 3 No
Energy 50% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 0 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
0 Aye 12 No
0 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
15 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
39 Aye 18 No
Tax 5% aligned 57 shared votes
21 Aye 36 No

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

Voting record

74.3%
3% above average
Rank 322 of 649
Participation
59.5%
12% below average
Rank 564 of 649
1,571
2,113 eligible divisions
Total votes
346
582 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
184
53.2% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
162
46.8% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
3.5% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

95
+15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649
Appearances
55
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 649
114
-25.4 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 649
Contributions
77
-62.4 vs Commons average
Rank 404 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
£196,056
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£196,056
13% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API