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Matt Western vs Mr Will Forster
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Matt Western and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 303 shared comparable votes.
65 same votes
238 different votes
303 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
74.1%
1% above average
Participation
75.0%
2% above average
1,576
2,126 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
595 eligible divisions
879
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
238
53.4% of votes cast
697
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
208
46.6% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
93
+7.8 vs Commons average
Appearances
185
+99.8 vs Commons average
109
-39.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
229
+80.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API