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Matt Western vs Mr Toby Perkins

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,315 shared comparable votes.

1,309 same votes 6 different votes 1,315 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
100 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 161 shared votes
100 Aye 61 No
38 Aye 96 No
Migration 100% aligned 134 shared votes
38 Aye 96 No
33 Aye 28 No
Trade 100% aligned 61 shared votes
33 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 33 No
Transport 100% aligned 58 shared votes
25 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 58 shared votes
37 Aye 21 No
66 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 121 shared votes
65 Aye 56 No
93 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 152 shared votes
94 Aye 58 No
100 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 161 shared votes
100 Aye 61 No
38 Aye 96 No
Migration 100% aligned 134 shared votes
38 Aye 96 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
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 349 of 650
1,597
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,760
2,405 eligible divisions
888
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
967
54.9% of votes cast
709
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
793
45.1% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

91
+2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
Appearances
100
+11.2 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650
107
-47.6 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 650
Contributions
154
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 214 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 189 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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