Member of Parliament

Matt Western

At a glanceMatt Western is a Labour MP for Warwick and Leamington, and has represented the seat for 9 years, 1 month. They have cast 403 votes in Commons divisions (70% attendance), tabled 931 written questions and registered 4 financial interests.

Votes cast403

Attendance70%

Voted Aye207

Voted No196

Voted with party100%

Rebellions0

Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Matt Western did not vote in 172. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.

Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.

Biographyfrom Parliament

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

Current roles5 held

National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) Committee · Chair since 17 Dec 2024
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) Committee since 2 Dec 2024
Panel of Chairs Committee since 27 Nov 2024
Warwick and Leamington Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Labour Party since 8 Jun 2017

Voting recordlatest 15 shown

15 Jul 2026	Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots	Aye
15 Jul 2026	Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026	Aye
14 Jul 2026	Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19	No
14 Jul 2026	Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199	No
14 Jul 2026	Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3	No
13 Jul 2026	Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading	Aye
13 Jul 2026	Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading	No
1 Jul 2026	Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5	No
1 Jul 2026	Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4	No
1 Jul 2026	Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2	No
1 Jul 2026	Draft Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026	Aye
1 Jul 2026	Draft Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026	Aye
24 Jun 2026	Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026	Aye
24 Jun 2026	Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026	Aye
24 Jun 2026	Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026	Aye

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Voting alignmentmost and least similar MPs

Votes most like

Rachel Hopkins Labour 100.0% · 393 of 393 shared votes
Paul Davies Labour 100.0% · 391 of 391 shared votes
Steve Yemm Labour 100.0% · 389 of 389 shared votes
Tristan Osborne Labour 100.0% · 382 of 382 shared votes
Matt Turmaine Labour 100.0% · 382 of 382 shared votes

Votes least like

Sir Roger Gale Conservative 0.4% · 1 of 231 shared votes
Sir Geoffrey Cox Conservative 0.6% · 1 of 165 shared votes
Andrew Griffith Conservative 0.8% · 2 of 256 shared votes
Mrs Kemi Badenoch Conservative 0.8% · 1 of 130 shared votes
Mr Mark Francois Conservative 0.9% · 2 of 227 shared votes

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Visits outside the UK2

International visit to Palestine between 24 May 2026 and 28 May 2026 (registered 19 Jun 2026)
International visit to Jersey between 27 March 2026 and 31 March 2026 (registered 29 Apr 2026)

Land and property (within or outside the UK)1

Residential in Dorset (registered 5 Jul 2017)

Shareholdings1

Shares in Apple (registered 5 Jul 2017)

Source: Register of Interests on parliament.uk.

Written questions931 tabled

Private Prosecutions: Palestine 24 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the risks that private prosecutions in the United Kingdom may be used by well-resourced organisations to (a) target and (b) intimidate individuals associated with

Answer · 5 Mar 2026

Any individual or organisation in England and Wales has the right to bring a private prosecution where a criminal offence has been committed.The Government expects all organisations that bring private prosecutions to do so where there is sufficient eviden...

Food: Public Sector 24 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress the Government has made in its target to deliver half of the food in the public sector from local and sustainable sources.

Answer · 4 Mar 2026

The Government remains committed to ensuring that at least half of public sector food is locally sourced or meets higher environmental standards within legal constraints. There is limited existing data about the origin and sustainability of food in the pu...

Oleh Voloshyn 8 Jan 2026 · Attorney General

To ask the Solicitor General, whether his Department holds data on communication between members of the European Parliament, UK Parliament and members of UK devolved legislatures and Oleh Voloshyn in the period between 2014-2019.

Answer · 16 Jan 2026

The department has conducted a search of the electronic materials currently available to it. No data on communications within the scope of this question was identified.

Nathan Gill 8 Jan 2026 · Attorney General

To ask the Solicitor General, What date is the earliest evidence of bribery in the case of R. v. Nathan Gill.

Answer · 16 Jan 2026

The dates of the bribery offences are a matter of public record, the earliest being 6 December 2018.

Nathan Gill 8 Jan 2026 · Attorney General

To ask the Solicitor General, If he will deposit case papers in the case R. v. Nathan Gill in the Library of the House of Commons.

Answer · 16 Jan 2026

The Law Officers will not deposit case papers in this matter.This was a CPS prosecution and the Attorney General’s involvement was only to provide consent for one of the offences charged. This offence has been left to lie on file, following pleas from Nat...

Diplomatic Relations: Public Appointments 10 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress he has made in appointing a special envoy for complex detention cases.

Answer · 15 Dec 2025

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 19 March to question 37752.

Iron and Steel 20 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when his Department plans to launch the steel strategy.

Answer · 25 Nov 2025

The Government is developing a Steel Strategy to be published in 2025 that will set out a long-term vision for a bright and sustainable steel sector in the UK and the actions needed to get there.The strategy will articulate what is needed to create a comp...

Research: Cybersecurity 20 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Cabinet Office's policy paper entitled National security strategy 2025: security for the British people in a dangerous world, updated on 29 August 2025, when her D

Answer · 28 Nov 2025

The Research Security Strategy, led by my Department, will for the first time present a single, coordinated Government view on research security and set out a clear narrative on how a thriving R&D sector, supported by a strong research security cultur...

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Early day motions4 tabled

10 Sep 2024	50th anniversary of the Federation of Small Businesses	22 sig.
6 Jun 2019	LOCAL BUS DRIVERS' HOURS	18 sig.
7 Mar 2019	LORD BHATTACHARYYA	14 sig.
20 Feb 2018	DEDICATION OF CARRIAGE GATES TO PC KEITH PALMER	133 sig.

Speeches in the chamber1,700 on record

15 Jul 2026 Waste Management Sites

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. She may be aware that we have had a plastics recycling facility in my constituency for several years. Only when it opened did we suffer an awful fly infestation across the town, as wel…

9 Jul 2026 Israeli Settlements: Trade Ban

I thank my hon. Friend, while he is still in post. Very briefly, he will be aware of the mockery that is the situation with dual-use goods between Israel and the Palestinian territories. Surely we can have some sort of ban on the products …

9 Jul 2026 Israeli Settlements: Trade Ban

Will the Minister give way?

9 Jul 2026 Israeli Settlements: Trade Ban

Will my hon. Friend give way?

9 Jul 2026 Israeli Settlements: Trade Ban

Will the Minister give way?

2 Jul 2026 Commonhold and Leasehold Reform: Managing Agents

My hon. Friend talks about leaseholders being treated with contempt. I have an estate in my constituency, Bishops Gate, where it took three years for FirstPort to respond to residents’ requests, and even when the council got involved, Firs…

1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. This is fantastic news for my constituents, my farmers and my businesses. Does she welcome the statement from the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, which said that increasing the rates of approved mi…

1 Jul 2026 Israel: E1 Zone Expansion

Just yesterday, the Israel Land Authority published new dates for the tender for the construction of the proposed E1 settlement zone in the west bank. The bidding period for the tender ends in October, and once the contracts have been awar…

1 Jul 2026 Israel: E1 Zone Expansion

(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if she will make a statement on Israel’s planned illegal expansion in the E1 zone in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.