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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.

Photograph of Andrew Western
Andrew Western
Lab Stretford and Urmston
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 492 shared comparable votes.

492 same votes 0 different votes 492 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
26 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 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
26 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 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

73.4%
1% above average
Rank 344 of 650
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 211 of 650
736
1,003 eligible divisions
Total votes
626
789 eligible divisions
357
48.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
319
51.0% of votes cast
379
51.5% of votes cast
No votes
307
49.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
3 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

51
-42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 650
Appearances
85
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
319
+157.0 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 650
Contributions
96
-66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 389 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
£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
17 of 19 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
12 of 12 votes
Devolution / Local Government
39 of 44 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Energy
24 of 25 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

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
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