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Andrew Western vs Alex Baker

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Alex Baker voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 372 shared comparable votes.

359 same votes 13 different votes 372 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
47 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
47 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
47 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

73.8%
1% above average
Rank 333 of 650
Participation
75.0%
3% above average
Rank 309 of 650
752
1,019 eligible divisions
Total votes
477
636 eligible divisions
368
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
253
53.0% of votes cast
384
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
224
47.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.7% of votes cast
3 years, 11 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-44.0 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 650
Appearances
80
-17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 650
317
+147.8 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 650
Contributions
108
-61.2 vs Commons average
Rank 371 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
£175,028
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£175,028
23% below average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 33 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
#2
Education
44 of 50 votes
Benefits
33 of 37 votes
#3
Energy
17 of 20 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

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