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Matt Western vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Nick Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,269 shared comparable votes.

1,267 same votes 2 different votes 1,269 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
118 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 177 shared votes
118 Aye 59 No
66 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 126 shared votes
66 Aye 60 No
80 Aye 41 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 121 shared votes
80 Aye 41 No
33 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 107 shared votes
33 Aye 74 No
35 Aye 28 No
Trade 100% aligned 63 shared votes
35 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
118 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 177 shared votes
118 Aye 59 No
66 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 126 shared votes
66 Aye 60 No
80 Aye 41 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 121 shared votes
80 Aye 41 No
33 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 107 shared votes
33 Aye 74 No
35 Aye 28 No
Trade 100% aligned 63 shared votes
35 Aye 28 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
74.8%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 650
1,597
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,798
2,405 eligible divisions
888
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,023
56.9% of votes cast
709
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
775
43.1% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% 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
96
+7.2 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 650
107
-47.6 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 650
Contributions
125
-29.6 vs Commons average
Rank 290 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
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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

Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
#1
Education
89 of 96 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 189 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API