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Andrew Western vs Alan Mak

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Alan Mak voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 558 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 538 different votes 558 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
4 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 6 No
Transport 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 44 No
Migration 5% aligned 60 shared votes
41 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
36 Aye 54 No
19 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

73.2%
1% above average
Rank 357 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
712
973 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,027
2,376 eligible divisions
348
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
960
47.4% of votes cast
364
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,067
52.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

45
-38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
Appearances
24
-59.6 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 650
298
+152.3 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 650
Contributions
27
-118.7 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£577,200
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29% above average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
24
7 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API