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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 441 shared comparable votes.

441 same votes 0 different votes 441 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
22 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
22 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
22 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
22 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

74.2 %
1 % above average
Rank 339 of 647
Participation
79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 230 of 647
680
916 eligible divisions
Total votes
555
702 eligible divisions
335
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
289
52.1 % of votes cast
345
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
266
47.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
3 years, 5 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
2 years, 7 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

50
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 647
Appearances
53
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 647
305
+193.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 647
Contributions
62
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 647

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
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
13 of 13 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 8 votes
Defence
30 of 31 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Devolution / Local Government
39 of 44 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#5
Energy
21 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API