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Matt Western vs Shabana Mahmood

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Shabana Mahmood voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 984 shared comparable votes.

972 same votes 12 different votes 984 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
95 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 155 shared votes
95 Aye 60 No
85 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 118 shared votes
85 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 77 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
23 Aye 77 No
49 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 95 shared votes
49 Aye 46 No
34 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 50 shared votes
34 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
95 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 155 shared votes
95 Aye 60 No
85 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 118 shared votes
85 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 77 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
23 Aye 77 No
49 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 95 shared votes
49 Aye 46 No
34 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 50 shared votes
34 Aye 16 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
53.1%
19% below average
Rank 615 of 650
1,597
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,278
2,405 eligible divisions
888
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
57.3% of votes cast
709
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
546
42.7% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

91
+2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
Appearances
71
-17.8 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
107
-47.6 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 650
Contributions
823
+668.4 vs Commons average
Rank 4 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
£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£287,702
27% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
79 of 82 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
56 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Trade
59 of 94 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 189 votes
#4
Migration
107 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
35 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

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