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Matt Western vs Taiwo Owatemi
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Matt Western and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 893 shared comparable votes.
881 same votes
12 different votes
893 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
74.3%
2% above average
Participation
74.3%
2% above average
1,597
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,253
1,687 eligible divisions
888
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
53.2% of votes cast
709
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
587
46.8% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
91
+2.2 vs Commons average
Appearances
4
-84.8 vs Commons average
107
-47.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
4
-150.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API