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Matt Western vs Victoria Atkins

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

Photograph of Matt Western
Matt Western
Lab Warwick and Leamington
vs
Photograph of Victoria Atkins
Victoria Atkins
Con Louth and Horncastle

Voting alignment

Matt Western and Victoria Atkins voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,254 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,184 different votes 1,254 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
20 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 6 No
Education 7% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
37 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 52 shared votes
18 Aye 34 No
94 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 152 shared votes
59 Aye 93 No
9 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 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
81.2%
9% above average
Rank 178 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,929
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
934
48.4% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
995
51.6% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

93
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Appearances
19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Contributions
30
-113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 572 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
£1,703,387
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£241,610
7% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
204 of 211 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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