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Matt Western vs Ruth Jones

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Ruth Jones voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,052 shared comparable votes.

1,050 same votes 2 different votes 1,052 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
33 Aye 98 No
Migration 100% aligned 131 shared votes
33 Aye 98 No
90 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 130 shared votes
90 Aye 40 No
58 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 117 shared votes
58 Aye 59 No
29 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
35 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 54 shared votes
35 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 98 No
Migration 100% aligned 131 shared votes
33 Aye 98 No
90 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 130 shared votes
90 Aye 40 No
58 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 117 shared votes
58 Aye 59 No
29 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
35 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 54 shared votes
35 Aye 19 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
78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
694
51.9% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
643
48.1% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
7 years, 5 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

93
+11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
109
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 649
Contributions
78
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 402 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Education
61 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API