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Matt Western vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,163 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,127 different votes 1,163 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
6 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 6 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 3% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
51 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 105 shared votes
54 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
122 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 167 shared votes
45 Aye 122 No
27 Aye 86 No
Migration 0% aligned 113 shared votes
86 Aye 27 No
35 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
15 Aye 35 No
22 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 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
75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 308 of 648
1,538
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,744
2,312 eligible divisions
864
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
818
46.9 % of votes cast
674
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
926
53.1 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
42 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

60
-0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 648
Appearances
142
+81.6 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 648
67
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 648
Contributions
163
+54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 102 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % 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
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Migration
145 of 161 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#3
Defence
50 of 59 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 40 votes
#4
Energy
54 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 43 votes
#5
Tax
254 of 318 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API