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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 311 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 304 different votes 311 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
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
26 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
33 Aye 41 No
26 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 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
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

74.5 %
1 % above average
Rank 334 of 648
Participation
71.7 %
2 % below average
Rank 397 of 648
677
909 eligible divisions
Total votes
377
526 eligible divisions
335
49.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
166
44.0 % of votes cast
342
50.5 % of votes cast
No votes
211
56.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
3 years, 5 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 648
Appearances
71
+10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 648
243
+134.1 vs Commons average
Rank 50 of 648
Contributions
91
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 648

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
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Transport
18 of 21 votes
Defence
30 of 31 votes
#3
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
#4
Tax
89 of 108 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API