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Matt Western vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 640 shared comparable votes.

639 same votes 1 different votes 640 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
59 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 105 shared votes
59 Aye 46 No
59 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 85 shared votes
59 Aye 26 No
36 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
36 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 105 shared votes
59 Aye 46 No
59 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 85 shared votes
59 Aye 26 No
36 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
36 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 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
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

93
+11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 649
Appearances
7
-74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
109
-33.2 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 649
Contributions
7
-135.2 vs Commons average
Rank 626 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API