Labour Party MP for Warwick and Leamington.
Matt Western is the Labour MP for Warwick and Leamington, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017.
Top eight by total divisions voted, this parliament. Volume measures engagement, not direction — see Notable Votes for free-vote moments and rebellions.
Source · The Public Whip · Hansard
Moments where the whip was free, or where Western broke ranks. Free votes are the truer signal of personal stance.
No rebellions or free votes recorded yet.
Source · Hansard
“Bevin was a transformative figure whose achievements in union leadership, wartime mobilisation, and foreign policy—particularly NATO and Marshall aid—remain vital lessons for moder…”
“Resilience requires a multi-faceted approach including stronger public awareness of cyber-attack threats, given the UK is the third most attacked nation globally.”
“The PM is rock solid on process and decency; responsibility lies with his chief of staff Morgan McSweeney, not the PM himself, who has accepted mistakes and apologised.”
“Urgent action is needed to address chemical pollution from industrial operations and building waste in Warwick and Leamington, requiring coordination with the Environment Agency.”
Select, joint and other committees Western currently sits on. Committee work is where much of the line-by-line scrutiny of bills and departments happens, away from the chamber.
| Committee | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls | Member | Select |
| Panel of Chairs | Member | Select |
| Business and Trade Committee | Member | Select |
Source · UK Parliament Committees API
Committee seats are where backbenchers shape legislation and hold departments to account. Western sits on 3.
| Department | Qs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cabinet Office | 5 | 18.5% |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 4 | 14.8% |
| Department for Business and Trade | 4 | 14.8% |
| Attorney General | 3 | 11.1% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 2 | 7.4% |
| Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 2 | 7.4% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 2 | 7.4% |
| Treasury | 1 | 3.7% |
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.
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…read full →
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 pro‑Palestinian advocacy.
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 su…read full →
If he will deposit case papers in the case R. v. Nathan Gill in the Library of the House of Commons.
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…read full →
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.
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.
Type of land/property: Residential property (house)
Type of land/property: Residential property (house)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Dorset
Ownership details: Owned jointly with a fami… |
Name of company or organisation: Apple
Name of company or organisation: Apple
Nature of business: Technology company
(Registered 5 July 2017) |
Source · Members API · Last amended 18 Apr 2024
| Category | £ | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Staffing | 251,443 | 80.1% |
| Office Costs | 33,776 | 10.8% |
| Accommodation | 23,721 | 7.6% |
| MP Travel | 3,888 | 1.2% |
| Staff Travel | 1,043 | 0.3% |
| Total · 286 claims | 314,063 | 100% |
Source · IPSA · FY 24_25
Nothing tabled for Western on the published Order Paper this week.
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Warwick and Leamington | 23,975 | 48.7% | Won |
| 2019 | Warwick and Leamington | 23,718 | 43.8% | Won |
| 2017 | Warwick and Leamington | 25,227 | 46.7% | Won |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt WesternWON | Lab | 23,975 | 48.7 |
Showing the MP’s own row only. Full result table: see Warwick and Leamington →