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Matt Western vs Sarah Bool

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Sarah Bool voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 293 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 288 different votes 293 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
7 Aye 8 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
52 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
27 Aye 52 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
27 Aye 52 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 331 of 648
Participation
75.3 %
2 % above average
Rank 311 of 648
1,538
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
396
526 eligible divisions
864
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
169
42.7 % of votes cast
674
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
227
57.3 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 648
Appearances
74
+13.6 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 648
67
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 648
Contributions
88
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£188,791
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£188,791
17 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
14
2 registered categories
0
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
145 of 161 votes
#2
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#3
Tax
96 of 108 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 40 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 43 votes
#5
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API