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Matt Western vs Sir Keir Starmer

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Sir Keir Starmer voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 675 shared comparable votes.

675 same votes 0 different votes 675 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
86 Aye 51 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 137 shared votes
86 Aye 51 No
49 Aye 17 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
49 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 24 No
Trade 100% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
86 Aye 51 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 137 shared votes
86 Aye 51 No
49 Aye 17 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
49 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 24 No
Trade 100% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 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
38.6 %
35 % below average
Rank 634 of 648
1,538
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
893
2,312 eligible divisions
864
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
545
61.0 % of votes cast
674
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
348
39.0 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

60
-0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 648
Appearances
44
-16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 648
67
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 648
Contributions
1,372
+1263.1 vs Commons average
Rank 2 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
£1,930,144
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£232,065
3 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
15
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
161 of 211 votes
Migration
145 of 161 votes
#2
Trade
51 of 88 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
25 of 45 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 40 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
37 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 43 votes
#5
Transport
42 of 87 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API