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Matt Western vs Shivani Raja

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Shivani Raja voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 238 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 231 different votes 238 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
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 8 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
42 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
19 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
19 Aye 42 No
26 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
6 Aye 26 No
5 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 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
61.0 %
12 % below average
Rank 574 of 648
1,538
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
321
526 eligible divisions
864
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
157
48.9 % of votes cast
674
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
164
51.1 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % 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
3
-57.4 vs Commons average
Rank 634 of 648
67
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 648
Contributions
3
-105.9 vs Commons average
Rank 631 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
£205,066
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£205,066
9 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
Migration
145 of 161 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#3
Defence
18 of 22 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 40 votes
#4
Transport
16 of 21 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 43 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API