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Matt Western vs Sarah Champion

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Sarah Champion voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,272 shared comparable votes.

1,262 same votes 10 different votes 1,272 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
109 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 169 shared votes
109 Aye 60 No
40 Aye 97 No
Migration 100% aligned 137 shared votes
40 Aye 97 No
63 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 129 shared votes
63 Aye 66 No
35 Aye 23 No
Trade 100% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 27 No
Transport 100% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 44 shared votes
33 Aye 11 No
76 Aye 54 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 130 shared votes
79 Aye 51 No
109 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 169 shared votes
109 Aye 60 No
40 Aye 97 No
Migration 100% aligned 137 shared votes
40 Aye 97 No
63 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 129 shared votes
63 Aye 66 No

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

Voting record

74.3%
2% above average
Rank 323 of 650
Participation
69.9%
3% below average
Rank 427 of 650
1,597
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,680
2,405 eligible divisions
888
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
54.5% of votes cast
709
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
764
45.5% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

91
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 650
Appearances
52
-35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 650
107
-45.2 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650
Contributions
94
-58.2 vs Commons average
Rank 376 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
£2,463,004
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£291,263
29% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
78 of 81 votes
#1
Migration
144 of 171 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

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