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Matt Western vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,268 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,214 different votes 1,268 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
34 Aye 27 No
Trade 7% aligned 61 shared votes
25 Aye 36 No
37 Aye 92 No
Migration 5% aligned 129 shared votes
87 Aye 42 No
20 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 7 No
Housing 4% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
16 Aye 38 No
29 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

93
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 649
Appearances
99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
109
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 649
Contributions
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
208 of 211 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API