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Matt Western vs Ms Abena Oppong-Asare

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Ms Abena Oppong-Asare voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,012 shared comparable votes.

1,000 same votes 12 different votes 1,012 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
38 Aye 97 No
Migration 100% aligned 135 shared votes
38 Aye 97 No
86 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 127 shared votes
86 Aye 41 No
56 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 110 shared votes
56 Aye 54 No
32 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 51 shared votes
32 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 24 No
Defence 100% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 97 No
Migration 100% aligned 135 shared votes
38 Aye 97 No
86 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 127 shared votes
86 Aye 41 No
56 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 110 shared votes
56 Aye 54 No
32 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 51 shared votes
32 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 24 No
Defence 100% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 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
76.1%
4% above average
Rank 283 of 650
1,597
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,284
1,687 eligible divisions
888
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
681
53.0% of votes cast
709
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
603
47.0% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

91
+2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
Appearances
21
-67.8 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 650
107
-47.6 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 650
Contributions
25
-129.6 vs Commons average
Rank 601 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
£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£288,312
27% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Education
63 of 69 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
139 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 189 votes
#4
Defence
61 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

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