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Andrew Western vs Alison Bennett

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Alison Bennett voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 328 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 259 different votes 328 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 10 No
Housing 40% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 3% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
36 Aye 27 No
Tax 5% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
10 Aye 14 No
Defence 13% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

73.3%
1% above average
Rank 352 of 650
Participation
71.8%
1% below average
Rank 388 of 650
717
978 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
595 eligible divisions
350
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
53.6% of votes cast
367
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
198
46.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-32.2 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 650
Appearances
143
+57.8 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 650
330
+181.4 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 650
Contributions
165
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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
£141,775
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£141,775
37% below average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
7 of 7 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Education
40 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API