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Matt Western vs Rushanara Ali

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,359 shared comparable votes.

1,347 same votes 12 different votes 1,359 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
124 Aye 58 No
Tax 100% aligned 182 shared votes
124 Aye 58 No
96 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 153 shared votes
96 Aye 57 No
73 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 133 shared votes
73 Aye 60 No
40 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 133 shared votes
40 Aye 93 No
45 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 66 shared votes
45 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 31 No
Trade 99% aligned 72 shared votes
42 Aye 30 No
124 Aye 58 No
Tax 100% aligned 182 shared votes
124 Aye 58 No
96 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 153 shared votes
96 Aye 57 No
73 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 133 shared votes
73 Aye 60 No
40 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 133 shared votes
40 Aye 93 No

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

Voting record

74.2%
2% above average
Rank 329 of 650
Participation
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 273 of 650
1,593
2,146 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,835
2,401 eligible divisions
885
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,033
56.3% of votes cast
708
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
802
43.7% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

91
+3.8 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 650
Appearances
48
-39.2 vs Commons average
Rank 479 of 650
107
-45.0 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
Contributions
45
-107.0 vs Commons average
Rank 539 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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

Foreign Affairs
73 of 76 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
73 of 76 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Trade
83 of 94 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
Housing
59 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API