Compare

Matt Western vs Rachel Gilmour

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Rachel Gilmour voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 180 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 141 different votes 180 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
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 0 No
Housing 50% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 0 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
0 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 2 No
Education 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

74.1%
1% above average
Rank 332 of 650
Participation
42.9%
30% below average
Rank 632 of 650
1,576
2,126 eligible divisions
Total votes
255
595 eligible divisions
879
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
142
55.7% of votes cast
697
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
113
44.3% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
3
1.2% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

93
+7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 650
Appearances
125
+39.8 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 650
109
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
Contributions
154
+5.4 vs Commons average
Rank 203 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
£174,467
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£174,467
23% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
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
67 of 70 votes
#1
Housing
24 of 32 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
3 of 5 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Benefits
17 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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