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Andrew Western vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 62% of the time, based on 366 shared comparable votes.

228 same votes 138 different votes 366 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
5 Aye 1 No
Transport 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
14 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 6 No
Energy 85% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 42% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 50% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 7 No
Benefits 59% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
712
973 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
348
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
55.9% of votes cast
364
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
208
44.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
232
+148.3 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
298
+152.1 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 649
Contributions
347
+201.1 vs Commons average
Rank 48 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
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22% below average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API