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Andrew Western vs Alistair Strathern

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 472 shared comparable votes.

472 same votes 0 different votes 472 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
49 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
49 Aye 38 No
25 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 25 No
Migration 100% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
49 Aye 38 No
25 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 25 No
Migration 100% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 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
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
712
973 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
759 eligible divisions
348
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
364
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
294
48.8% 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, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

45
-36.8 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 649
Appearances
63
-18.8 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
298
+155.5 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 649
Contributions
72
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£577,200
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

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