MP for Warwick and Leamington
Matt Western is the Labour and Co-operative MP for Warwick and Leamington, first elected in 2017. He currently serves on several parliamentary committees, including the Business and Trade Committee and the National Security Strategy Joint Committees, and has previously held roles such as Shadow Minister for Education and Opposition Whip.
He shows very high party loyalty (100%) with attendance above his party’s average (62%). He sits centre-left in the political spectrum. His voting record supports welfare and public services, with votes in favour of Universal Credit, NHS funding, and workers’ rights protections and trade union powers, while tending to oppose stricter immigration controls and the Rwanda deportation scheme; his positions on VAT changes and transgender rights are more mixed.
Declared financial interests include land and property holdings and shareholdings.
Generated 21 February 2026
13 positions
Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls
Since Mar 2025
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Since Dec 2024
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Since Dec 2024
Panel of Chairs
Since Nov 2024
Business and Trade Committee
Since Oct 2024
Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill
Mar 2023 - Mar 2023
Skills and Post-16 Education [HL] Bill
Nov 2021 - Dec 2021
Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
Sept 2021 - Sept 2021
Shadow Minister (Education)
Mar 2021 - May 2024
International Trade Committee
Mar 2020 - Sept 2020
Opposition Whip (Commons)
Feb 2020 - May 2021
Based on parliamentary votes
has generally voted against universal credit
has generally voted against immigration controls
has generally voted against vat changes
has voted a mixture of ways on bus services regulation
has generally voted against asylum system
has generally voted against transgender rights
has voted a mixture of ways on trade union powers
has voted a mixture of ways on nhs funding
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading