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Matt Western vs Rishi Sunak

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

Photograph of Matt Western
Matt Western
Lab Warwick and Leamington
vs
Photograph of Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak
Con Richmond and Northallerton

Voting alignment

Matt Western and Rishi Sunak voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 620 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 578 different votes 620 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
11 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 1 No
Education 20% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 20 No
Migration 7% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
53 Aye 23 No
Tax 4% aligned 76 shared votes
20 Aye 56 No
81 Aye 43 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 124 shared votes
41 Aye 83 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
30 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
10 Aye 30 No
17 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 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 331 of 649
Participation
42.3%
30% below average
Rank 631 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,005
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
454
45.2% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
551
54.8% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

93
+11.2 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 649
Appearances
42
-39.8 vs Commons average
Rank 491 of 649
109
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 649
Contributions
51
-91.5 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,536,845
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£166,813
26% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
15
5 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Trade
61 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Transport
52 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
20 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Opposition Day: Rural communities 7 Jan 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) 2 Dec 2025
Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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