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Matt Western vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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 Sir Andrew Mitchell
Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Matt Western and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 996 shared comparable votes.

85 same votes 911 different votes 996 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
17 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 80 No
Migration 9% aligned 106 shared votes
70 Aye 36 No
15 Aye 11 No
Benefits 8% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 8% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 24 No
Transport 7% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 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
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

93
+11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 649
Appearances
62
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
109
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 649
Contributions
72
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 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
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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