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Andrew Western vs Barry Gardiner

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 462 shared comparable votes.

448 same votes 14 different votes 462 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
52 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
52 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 27 No
Migration 100% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 11 No
Benefits 85% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
52 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
52 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 27 No
Migration 100% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 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
66.7%
6% below average
Rank 480 of 650
752
1,019 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,616
2,422 eligible divisions
368
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
902
55.8% of votes cast
384
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
714
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
3 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

53
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 650
Appearances
56
-40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 650
317
+148.1 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 650
Contributions
91
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 427 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
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
12
5 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
Trade
77 of 94 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
#2
Transport
80 of 98 votes
Benefits
33 of 37 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 212 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

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