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Andrew Western vs Blake Stephenson

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 337 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 329 different votes 337 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
41 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
33 Aye 41 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
33 Aye 41 No
27 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 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
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 397 of 649
712
973 eligible divisions
Total votes
421
590 eligible divisions
348
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
45.4% of votes cast
364
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
230
54.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

45
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 649
Appearances
85
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
298
+152.1 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 649
Contributions
165
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 177 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
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10% below average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Tax
92 of 112 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

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