Matt Western’s voting in Parliament

Matt Western is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

However, Matt Western sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Matt Western generally voted for measures to reduce tax avoidance; comparable Labour MPs generally voted against. Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, between 2018–2020. Labour, 5 votes, between 2018–2020

We have lots more plain English analysis of Matt Western’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Matt Western’s full vote analysis page for more.

Matt Western has hardly ever rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Mental Health Services: Warwick and Leamington 1 Dec 2023

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding per adult was provided for mental health services in Warwick and Leamington constituency in (a) 2019 and (b) 2022.

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Mental Health Services: Warwick and Leamington 1 Dec 2023

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding per child and adolescent was provided for CAMHS mental health services in Warwick and Leamington constituency in (a) 2019 and (b) 2022.

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Food Banks: Warwick and Leamington 30 Nov 2023

  To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Warwick and Leamington constituency used a foodbank in October (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.

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Profile

Labour MP for Warwick and Leamington

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 2017 — General election

• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @mattwestern_
• https://facebook.com/MattWesternMP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department for Education
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Home Office
• Department for Transport
• Students: Loans
• Energy: Housing
• Turing Scheme
• Medicine: Students
• Teachers: Training

Currently held offices

• Shadow Minister (Education) (since 8 Mar 2021)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill Committee (15 Mar 2023 to 23 Mar 2023)
• Member, Skills and Post-16 Education [HL] Bill Committee (24 Nov 2021 to 7 Dec 2021)
• Member, Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill Committee ( 7 Sep 2021 to 22 Sep 2021)
• Member, International Trade Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 28 Sep 2020)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (12 Feb 2020 to 14 May 2021)
• Member, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee ( 5 Feb 2018 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, International Trade Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Chris White
• James Plaskitt
• Dudley Smith
• John Hobson
• Anthony Eden
• Ernest Pollock
• Thomas Berridge
• Alfred Lyttelton
• Arthur Peel

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Skills and Post-16 Education Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Medicines and Medical Devices Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Trade Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• National Security and Investment Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Smart Meters Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
• Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Trade Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Courts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)