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Matt Western vs Mrs Sharon Hodgson
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Matt Western and Mrs Sharon Hodgson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,266 shared comparable votes.
1,265 same votes
1 different votes
1,266 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
74.2%
2% above average
Participation
71.9%
1% below average
1,571
2,117 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,705
2,372 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
55.7% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
755
44.3% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Debates
95
+14.4 vs Commons average
Appearances
87
+6.4 vs Commons average
114
-26.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
214
+73.5 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
£3,068,484
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£282,668
25% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API