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Matt Western vs Mr Louie French

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Mr Louie French voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 696 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 668 different votes 696 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
11 Aye 7 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 9 No
Transport 6% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 6 No
Education 5% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 4 No
Energy 4% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
4 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 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
80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
999
1,246 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
504
50.5% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
495
49.5% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

93
+9.4 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 650
Appearances
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
109
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650
Contributions
79
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 410 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 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
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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