Warwick & Leamington / data
Matt Western · Labour Party · sitting since 08 Jun 2017 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
3242days
from 08 Jun 2017
Divisions
354
of 504 possible
Attendance
70%
150 absent / paired
Whip alignment
100%
vs party majority
Speeches
329
95 debates
Written Qs
31
31 answered
Committees
3
memberships
Expenses
£314k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 286 claims
Interests
2
2 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 80 | |
| Economy | 75 | |
| Employment | 46 | |
| Crime & Policing | 32 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 29 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 26 | |
| Education | 20 | |
| Crime and Policing | 15 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Economy Jobs | 27 | 11,019 |
| Defence | 28 | 7,374 |
| Utilities | 2 | 5,635 |
| Cost Of Living | 12 | 5,554 |
| Local Government | 8 | 4,346 |
| Crime | 10 | 3,871 |
| Technology | 10 | 3,709 |
| Environment | 6 | 3,533 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
No notable votes recorded for this MP yet.
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Apr 2026 | National ResilienceHappy Warwickshire day and St George’s day, Mr Speaker. Clearly resilience is multifaceted and goes beyond subsea cables, which the hon. Member for Tiverton and Minehead (Rachel Gi… DefenceTechnologyEconomy Jobs | 59 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Pension Schemes BillOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I thank you for granting my point of order and apologise for not giving you due notice of it. Given the events of recent days and some of… Fiscal PolicyEconomy JobsLabour Market | 68 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Peter Mandelson: Government AppointmentI thank the hon. Gentleman, my friend. I was simply addressing the point made by the Leader of the Opposition, who suggested that the operation at No. 10 was the worst in living me… Mp PerformanceDefenceEconomy Jobs | 135 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Peter Mandelson: Government AppointmentI will bring in the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir Bernard Jenkin) shortly to ease your patience, Mr Speaker. When the Prime Minister sacked Morgan McSweeney, it was … Mp PerformanceDefenceEconomy Jobs | 196 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Peter Mandelson: Government AppointmentIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Ed Davey). On the point he made latterly about the economic situation we find ourselves in, I would say … Mp PerformanceDefenceEconomy Jobs | 307 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Peter Mandelson: Government AppointmentI am not close to those operations. I have never been a Minister—that is the honest truth—and to answer the hon. Gentleman’s point, I do not wish to be one either. I am not close e… Mp PerformanceDefenceEconomy Jobs | 166 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Peter Mandelson: Government AppointmentIn a moment—I am just beginning to make my speech. There is the point about some sort of conspiracy or cover-up at No. 10 on which I can disabuse the Leader of the Opposition. The … Mp PerformanceDefenceEconomy Jobs | 51 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Peter Mandelson: Government AppointmentI want to allow others in. The Prime Minister clearly delegated responsibilities to his chief of staff. It may be that the Leader of Opposition missed the fact that the Prime Minis… Mp PerformanceDefenceEconomy Jobs | 34 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | North Atlantic Submarine ActivityI thank my hon. and gallant Friend for his statement. GUGI has been at work since the 1960s, as I understand it; it has been doing extensive mapping for quite some time. In our rep… DefenceEnergy | 99 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Middle EastI commend the Prime Minister—and also the leadership from the Foreign Secretary and the National Security Adviser, I am sure—for the work that is being done. I welcome the news abo… DefenceEnergyCost Of Living | 114 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Foreign Financial Influence and Interference: UK PoliticsI very much welcome Sir Philip Rycroft’s review. It is long overdue when we think about how much money has been flooding in from Russia and elsewhere. There are questions about ass… Fiscal PolicyDefenceTechnology | 189 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | DefenceI came into this place only in 2017. I was deeply disappointed by what happened in 2014 and our failure to stand by Ukraine on the invasion of Crimea. I think Michael Fallon was on… DefenceFiscal PolicyEconomy Jobs | 57 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | DefenceMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. The 1.5% is, of course, about security-related initiatives, and it is important that we get to those soon. As for the wider defence in… DefenceFiscal PolicyEconomy Jobs | 95 |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Banking Services: AccessibilityI remind Members that this is the summing up by the Member in charge, not an open debate. Economy JobsLocal GovernmentCost Of Living | 18 |
| 19 Mar 2026 | National Security Strategy, Political Finance and Foreign InfluenceThe Committee very much hopes that a new service will be able to accommodate that recommendation. We hope that there can be a centralised service, using whichever is the most appro… CrimeDefenceTechnology | 126 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Business and Trade | 5 | 16.1% |
| Cabinet Office | 5 | 16.1% |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 4 | 12.9% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 3 | 9.7% |
| Attorney General | 3 | 9.7% |
| Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 2 | 6.5% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 2 | 6.5% |
| Home Office | 2 | 6.5% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | Answered |
| 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 a… | Answered |
| 08 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. | Answered |
| 08 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. | Answered |
| 08 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. | Answered |
| 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. | Answered |
| 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. | Answered |
| 20 Nov 2025 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2025 to Question 59879 on Cybersecurity: Public Sector, what recent progress she has made on the development of an implementation plan t… | Answered |
| 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 2… | Answered |
| 20 Nov 2025 | Cabinet Office | To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department plans to publish the National Cyber Strategy. | Answered |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing exemptions to the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (2024) to enable people who pay for charity subscripti… | Answered |
| 01 Jul 2025 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it remains her Department's policy to (a) phase out the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030 and (b) ensure that all new car sales are for Zero Emission Vehicles by 2035. | Answered |
| 13 Jun 2025 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) reducing VAT rates on hospitality businesses during the covid-19 pandemic on that sector and (b) reducing VAT to 12.5% on the hospitality… | Answered |
| 12 Jun 2025 | Cabinet Office | To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 46758 on Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review, whether the National Security Strategy is being developed in consu… | Answered |
| 12 Jun 2025 | Cabinet Office | To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 46758 on Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review, which departments have been consulted in the development of the Na… | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export ControlsSelect | Member | Commons | 05 Mar 2025 | present |
| Panel of ChairsSelect | Member | Commons | 27 Nov 2024 | present |
| Business and Trade CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 21 Oct 2024 | present |
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 253 | 33,776 | 10.8% |
| Accommodation | 9 | 23,721 | 7.6% |
| Staffing | 6 | 251,443 | 80.1% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 3,888 | 1.2% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 1,043 | 0.3% |
| Dependant Travel | 0 | 190 | 0.1% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pooled staffing services | Office Costs | 4 | 4,600 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 8 | 4,181 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 53 | 4,009 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 10 | 2,719 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 28 | 1,828 |
| Utilities | Accommodation | 5 | 1,486 |
| Council tax | Accommodation | 4 | 1,244 |
| Mobile telephone - contract & usage | Office Costs | 14 | 1,022 |
| Bought-in services | Staffing | 5 | 632 |
| Newspapers, journals, magazines | Office Costs | 94 | 612 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 4 | 535 |
| Training - MP | Office Costs | 1 | 500 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | CCI CONSTANT_CONTACT [200011802-419] | 7 | Paid |
| 29 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | CCI CONSTANT_CONTACT [200011725-9479] | 76 | Paid |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 2,520 | Paid |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | AMZNMKTPLACE [***] [200011725-7749] | 4 | Paid |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 376 | Paid |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 171 | Paid |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | Newspaper | 4 | Paid |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | newspaper | 2 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Hospitality | Meeting with Uni UK | 7 | Paid |
| 16 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | 3 x newspapers | 14 | Paid |
| 15 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | ADOBE PREMIERE PRO [200011725-8811] [200011804-191] | 13 | Paid |
| 14 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | O2 mobile bill - £10 personal use | 45 | Paid |
| 14 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | Leamington courier | 2 | Paid |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | GUARDIAN NEWS & MEDIA [200011725-3825] [200011804-192] | 9 | Paid |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | Newspaper | 4 | Paid |
| 08 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | 1 month usage O2 - minus £10 personal usage [200011802-420] | 61 | Paid |
| 08 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | 2 x newspapers | 9 | Paid |
| 07 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Dual Fuel | 230 | Paid |
| 07 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Stationery | 8 | Paid |
| 07 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Stationery | 3 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
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 year1 entry
18 Apr 2024
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)
7. (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,0001 entry
18 Apr 2024
Name of company or organisation: Apple
Nature of business: Technology company
(Registered 5 July 2017)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 12 wards, 27 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishops Tachbrook | Andrew Day | Conservative and Unionist Party | 668 | 04 May 2023 |
| Bishops Tachbrook | Matt Collins | Labour Party | 676 | 04 May 2023 |
| Leamington Brunswick | Ian Davison | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,042 | 04 May 2023 |
| Leamington Brunswick | Jonathan Chilvers | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,130 | 04 May 2023 |
| Leamington Brunswick | Naveen Tangri | Green Party of England and Wales | 968 | 04 May 2023 |
| Leamington Clarendon | Helen Elizabeth Adkins | Labour Party | 1,267 | 02 May 2024 |
| Leamington Lillington | Alan Boad | Liberal Democrats | 1,763 | 04 May 2023 |
| Leamington Lillington | Daniel Mark Russell | Liberal Democrats | 1,382 | 04 May 2023 |
| Leamington Lillington | Phil Kohler | Liberal Democrats | 1,626 | 04 May 2023 |
| Leamington Milverton | Bill Gifford | Liberal Democrats | 1,926 | 04 May 2023 |
| Leamington Milverton | Carolyn Patricia Gifford | Liberal Democrats | 1,615 | 04 May 2023 |
| Leamington Milverton | Sidney Syson | Liberal Democrats | 1,424 | 04 May 2023 |
| Leamington Willes | Ella Billiald | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,144 | 04 May 2023 |
| Leamington Willes | Martin Luckhurst | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,611 | 04 May 2023 |
| Leamington Willes | Will Roberts | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,609 | 04 May 2023 |
| Radford Semele | Becky Noonan | Conservative and Unionist Party | 435 | 04 May 2023 |
| Warwick All Saints Woodloes | Claire Gwendoline Wightman | Labour Party | 961 | 18 Jan 2024 |
| Warwick Aylesford | Daniel Philip Browne | Labour Party | 802 | 04 May 2023 |
| Warwick Aylesford | Gabriel Rosu | Labour Party | 710 | 04 May 2023 |
| Warwick Myton Heathcote | Dominic Harrison | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,414 | 04 May 2023 |
| Warwick Myton Heathcote | Hema YellaPragada | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,174 | 04 May 2023 |
| Warwick Myton Heathcote | Kathleen Gorman | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,460 | 04 May 2023 |
| Warwick Saltisford | Jim Sinnott | Labour Party | 872 | 04 May 2023 |
| Warwick Saltisford | Katya Diane Dray | Labour Party | 968 | 04 May 2023 |
| Whitnash | Adrian Leigh Barton | Whitnash Residents Association | 1,295 | 04 May 2023 |
| Whitnash | Judy Falp | Whitnash Residents Association | 1,284 | 04 May 2023 |
| Whitnash | Robert Leslie Margrave | Whitnash Residents Association | 1,008 | 04 May 2023 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 105,988 | Electorate 76,294 (2024) |
| Median age | 38 | years |
| Degree-educated | 44.7% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 82.5% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 62.0% | households |
| Private-rented | 21.2% | households |
| Social-rented | 16.7% | households |
| Employment rate | 61.0% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.