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Matt Western vs Sean Woodcock

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Sean Woodcock voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 426 shared comparable votes.

419 same votes 7 different votes 426 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
60 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
60 Aye 34 No
28 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
32 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
32 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
60 Aye 34 No
28 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
32 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
32 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

74.4%
2% above average
Rank 318 of 650
Participation
93.5%
21% above average
Rank 4 of 650
1,611
2,164 eligible divisions
Total votes
592
633 eligible divisions
899
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
298
50.3% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
294
49.7% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
1.5% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

101
+4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 650
Appearances
88
-8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
117
-50.2 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 650
Contributions
108
-59.2 vs Commons average
Rank 369 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
£119,230
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£119,230
47% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
79 of 82 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 189 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API