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Matt Western vs Peter Lamb

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Peter Lamb voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 426 shared comparable votes.

413 same votes 13 different votes 426 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
58 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 93 shared votes
58 Aye 35 No
32 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
32 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 15 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 13 No
Defence 95% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
26 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
58 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 93 shared votes
58 Aye 35 No
32 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
32 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 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
92.3%
20% above average
Rank 8 of 650
1,613
2,167 eligible divisions
Total votes
587
636 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
293
49.9% of votes cast
713
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
294
50.1% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
18
3.1% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

101
+4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 650
Appearances
33
-63.5 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 650
117
-51.2 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 650
Contributions
47
-121.2 vs Commons average
Rank 545 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
£133,437
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£133,437
41% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 189 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
10 of 10 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