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Matt Western vs Sir Julian Smith

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 Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Matt Western and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,197 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,128 different votes 1,197 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 13 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
77 Aye 48 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 125 shared votes
49 Aye 76 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 7% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 13 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% 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
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Contributions
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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