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Matt Western vs Sarah Pochin

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 Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby

Voting alignment

Matt Western and Sarah Pochin voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 165 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 147 different votes 165 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
0 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 10 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 8 No
Transport 10% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 5 No
Tax 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
0 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 0 No
Housing 0% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 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
57.4%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
232
404 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
105
45.3% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
127
54.7% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
3.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025

Debates

93
+11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 649
Appearances
100
+18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
109
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 649
Contributions
120
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 263 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
£0
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
n/a
average unavailable
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Trade
7 of 7 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Housing
22 of 25 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Energy
6 of 8 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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