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Matt Western vs Wera Hobhouse

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Wera Hobhouse voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 1,246 shared comparable votes.

1,004 same votes 242 different votes 1,246 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
91 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 152 shared votes
91 Aye 61 No
17 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
25 Aye 87 No
Migration 96% aligned 112 shared votes
25 Aye 87 No
11 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 89% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 45% aligned 44 shared votes
12 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 8 No
Education 47% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 52% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
105 Aye 48 No
Tax 57% aligned 153 shared votes
87 Aye 66 No
20 Aye 20 No
Benefits 60% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 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
73.0%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 650
1,598
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,571
2,151 eligible divisions
889
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
857
54.6% of votes cast
709
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
714
45.4% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

99
+6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
Appearances
155
+62.0 vs Commons average
Rank 83 of 650
115
-47.0 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 650
Contributions
218
+56.0 vs Commons average
Rank 143 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
£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£306,189
35% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
171 of 189 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 189 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 90 votes

Recent voting overlap

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