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Matt Western vs Ms Polly Billington

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Ms Polly Billington voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 386 shared comparable votes.

374 same votes 12 different votes 386 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
60 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
60 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
29 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
29 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
60 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
29 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
29 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

74.4%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 650
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 184 of 650
1,613
2,167 eligible divisions
Total votes
512
636 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
51.6% of votes cast
713
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
248
48.4% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.7% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

101
+4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
Appearances
83
-14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650
117
-52.2 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 650
Contributions
126
-43.2 vs Commons average
Rank 317 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
£162,742
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£162,742
28% below 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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
166 of 189 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 33 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
Tax
106 of 122 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API