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Matt Western

Labour MP for Warwick and Leamington, since 8 June 2017

Matt Western is the Labour MP for Warwick and Leamington, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017.

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Scorecard

70.1% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
403 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
172 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
4 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
812 Debates spoken in 931 written questions tabled

Ranked 367 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 No 152–337
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 No vote 77–390
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 9 No vote 104–317
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 No vote 167–313
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 24 No vote 182–307
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part No vote 389–102
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 No vote 105–381
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Third Reading No vote 320–171
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: New Clause 1 No vote 172–322
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Clause 2 stand part No vote 318–174
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 No vote 83–319
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 7 No vote 174–321
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Remaining Stages: Amendment 9 No 160–324
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 8 No 151–319
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 5 No 78–316
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 41 No 164–333
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 40 No 163–339
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage New Clause 26 No 78–327
16 Sep 2025 Sentencing Bill: Second Reading No vote 340–77
16 Sep 2025 Sentencing Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading No vote 78–292
16 Sep 2025 Child poverty strategy (removal of two child limit): Ten Minute Rule Motion No vote 89–79
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 121 Aye 316–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 62 Aye 330–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 61 Aye 330–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 Aye 318–170

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Yachad
Address of donor: Star House, 104-108 Grafton Road NW5 4BA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, hospitality and travel, value £2,169
Destination of visit: Palestine (Israel)
Dates of visit: 24 May 2026 to 28 May 2026
Purpose of visit: To meet with a wide range of individuals, public officials and organisations, as well as to visit locations where violence has taken place, to understand the steps needed to achieve a resolution to the Israel-Palestine conflict and to adequately respond to the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
(Registered 19 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

Name of donor: (1) Government of Jersey London Office (2) States of Guernsey (3) Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
Address of donor: (1) 4th Floor, 2 Queen Anne’s Gate Buildings, Dartmouth Street, London SW1H 9BP (2) Sir Charles Frossard House, La Charroterie, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 1FH (3) Richmond House, Houses of Parliament, London SW1A 0AA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) On island transport and subsistence, value £505 (2) On island transport and subsistence, value £340 (3) Transportation, value £999
Destination of visit: Jersey and Guernsey
Dates of visit: 27 March 2026 to 31 March 2026
Purpose of visit: Channel Islands APPG visit to the Channel Islands. The group engaged in high level political meetings with Channel Islands Ministers, deputies and dignitaries and engaged in a wide array of cultural visits to increase understanding and cooperation between parliamentarians and their counterparts in the Channel Islands.
(Registered 29 April 2026)

On the register since 19 May 2026

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (house)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Dorset
Ownership details: Owned jointly with a family member
Rental income: Yes
(Registered 5 July 2017)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

7. (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000

Name of company or organisation: Apple
Nature of business: Technology company
(Registered 5 July 2017)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

812 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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