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Matt Western vs Paul Waugh
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Matt Western and Paul Waugh voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 400 shared comparable votes.
390 same votes
10 different votes
400 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
74.5%
2% above average
Participation
87.1%
15% above average
1,613
2,166 eligible divisions
Total votes
553
635 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
277
50.1% of votes cast
713
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
276
49.9% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.0% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
101
+4.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
127
+30.9 vs Commons average
117
-50.2 vs Commons average
Contributions
164
-3.2 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
£174,781
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£174,781
23% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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