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Last 12 months

How Matt Western votes

Matt Western voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 172 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
2 SepVoting and elections: the final voteForSame as party
2 SepVoting and elections: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
2 SepVoting and elections: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
2 SepVoting and elections: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
14 JulAccountability of public officials: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
14 JulAccountability of public officials: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Matt Western has 4 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Palestine between 24 May 2026 and 28 May 202619 Jun 2026
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Jersey between 27 March 2026 and 31 March 202629 Apr 2026
Land and property (within or outside the UK)Residential in Dorset5 Jul 2017
ShareholdingsShares in Apple5 Jul 2017

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Matt Western asked 12 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Attorney General3
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology2
Department for Business and Trade2
Home Office1
Ministry of Justice1

Latest questions

28 Aug 2026 · to the Home Office
Answered 2 Sep 2026
24 Feb 2026 · to the Ministry of Justice
Answered 5 Mar 2026
24 Feb 2026 · to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answered 4 Mar 2026
8 Jan 2026 · to the Attorney General
Answered 16 Jan 2026
8 Jan 2026 · to the Attorney General
Answered 16 Jan 2026

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£16,737
Office costs · claims for running an office£13,743
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£2,994

82 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Matt Western represents Warwick and Leamington. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Matt Western

Labour

MAJORITY
12,412

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
64%

of people who could vote did

Matt Western won with 49% of the votes, and James Uffindell (Conservative) came second with 24%.

Votes for each party

Labour49% · 23,975
Conservative24% · 11,563
Reform UK10% · 5,154
Green Party9% · 4,471
Liberal Democrat8% · 3,881
UK Independence Party0% · 154
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Matt WesternLabour23,97548.7%
James UffindellConservative11,56323.5%
Nigel ClarkeReform UK5,15410.5%
Hema YellapragadaGreen Party4,4719.1%
Louis AdamLiberal Democrat3,8817.9%
Laurie SteeleUK Independence Party1540.3%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£912 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.8%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
This MPParty average
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Source: Commons Votes API

This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this