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Matt Western vs Sir Gavin Williamson

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
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Sir Gavin Williamson
Con Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

Voting alignment

Matt Western and Sir Gavin Williamson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,211 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,154 different votes 1,211 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
20 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
91 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 150 shared votes
57 Aye 93 No
10 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 9 No
Energy 3% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
33 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
16 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
31 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
13 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 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
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
47.8% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
971
52.2% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

93
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Contributions
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 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
£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£278,816
23% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
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
200 of 211 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Transport
83 of 95 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Housing
57 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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