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Matt Western vs Tom Gordon

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Tom Gordon voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 271 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 210 different votes 271 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
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 1 No
Housing 63% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 3 No
Energy 56% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
0 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
44 Aye 24 No
Tax 6% aligned 68 shared votes
26 Aye 42 No
12 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 14% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

74.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 326 of 649
Participation
67.3 %
5 % below average
Rank 473 of 649
1,567
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
387
575 eligible divisions
876
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
209
54.0 % of votes cast
691
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
178
46.0 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

93
+15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
Appearances
177
+99.0 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
113
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 649
Contributions
255
+116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 76 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
£217,333
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£217,333
4 % below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#3
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 40 votes
#4
Housing
25 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
48 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

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