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Alison Hume vs Andrew Western

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Alison Hume
Alison Hume
Lab Scarborough and Whitby
vs
Photograph of Andrew Western
Andrew Western
Lab Stretford and Urmston

Voting alignment

Alison Hume and Andrew Western voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 400 shared comparable votes.

396 same votes 4 different votes 400 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
42 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
42 Aye 38 No
23 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 10 No
Benefits 76% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
42 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
42 Aye 38 No
23 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.0%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 650
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 344 of 650
490
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
736
1,003 eligible divisions
229
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
357
48.5% of votes cast
261
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
379
51.5% of votes cast
4
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

105
+12.0 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650
Appearances
51
-42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 650
129
-33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 650
Contributions
319
+157.0 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£231,319
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£231,319
2% above average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
39 of 44 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Defence
32 of 34 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API