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Matt Western vs Stephen Doughty

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Stephen Doughty voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,189 shared comparable votes.

1,176 same votes 13 different votes 1,189 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
99 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 147 shared votes
99 Aye 48 No
83 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 140 shared votes
83 Aye 57 No
36 Aye 76 No
Migration 100% aligned 112 shared votes
36 Aye 76 No
56 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 105 shared votes
56 Aye 49 No
35 Aye 25 No
Trade 100% aligned 60 shared votes
35 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 56 shared votes
39 Aye 17 No
99 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 147 shared votes
99 Aye 48 No
83 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 140 shared votes
83 Aye 57 No
36 Aye 76 No
Migration 100% aligned 112 shared votes
36 Aye 76 No
56 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 105 shared votes
56 Aye 49 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

74.3%
2% above average
Rank 323 of 650
Participation
66.4%
6% below average
Rank 492 of 650
1,597
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,596
2,405 eligible divisions
888
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
913
57.2% of votes cast
709
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
683
42.8% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
19
1.2% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

91
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 650
Appearances
81
-7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650
107
-47.4 vs Commons average
Rank 337 of 650
Contributions
400
+245.6 vs Commons average
Rank 42 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
£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£294,894
30% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
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
79 of 82 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Defence
55 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
63 of 82 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 189 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API