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Andrew Western vs Dr Scott Arthur

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Dr Scott Arthur voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 432 shared comparable votes.

420 same votes 12 different votes 432 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
51 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
51 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
51 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 132 of 650
752
1,019 eligible divisions
Total votes
529
636 eligible divisions
368
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
260
49.1% of votes cast
384
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
269
50.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.3% of votes cast
3 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 650
Appearances
200
+103.5 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 650
317
+148.8 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 650
Contributions
332
+163.8 vs Commons average
Rank 68 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
£173,383
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£173,383
23% below average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Benefits
33 of 37 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#4
Benefits
30 of 32 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Defence
31 of 34 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