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Matt Western vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,022 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 979 different votes 1,022 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
18 Aye 6 No
Education 4% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 7 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
81 Aye 49 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 130 shared votes
48 Aye 82 No
9 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 10 No
Benefits 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 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
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,571
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
740
47.1% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
831
52.9% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

93
+9.4 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 650
Appearances
8
-75.6 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 650
109
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650
Contributions
13
-132.7 vs Commons average
Rank 621 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
16
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
173 of 211 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API