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Andrew Western vs Ben Maguire

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Ben Maguire voted the same way 20% of the time, based on 281 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 226 different votes 281 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
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 37% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 36% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
1 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 8 No
Education 3% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
36 Aye 29 No
Tax 6% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
9 Aye 14 No
Defence 9% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
1 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

72.9 %
same as average
Rank 365 of 649
Participation
60.9 %
12 % below average
Rank 568 of 649
698
958 eligible divisions
Total votes
350
575 eligible divisions
344
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
189
54.0 % of votes cast
354
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
161
46.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
3 years, 8 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

48
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 650
Appearances
96
+18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 650
305
+166.7 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 650
Contributions
109
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 278 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
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21 % below average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API