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Andrew Western vs Ed Davey

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Ed Davey voted the same way 49% of the time, based on 329 shared comparable votes.

161 same votes 168 different votes 329 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
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 27 No
Migration 93% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 4 No
Energy 88% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 7 No
Environment / Climate 78% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 63% aligned 27 shared votes
1 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 19 No
Tax 16% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 7 No
Education 17% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 5 No
Defence 18% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 25% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 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
60.9 %
12 % below average
Rank 575 of 648
677
909 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,253
2,057 eligible divisions
335
49.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
699
55.8 % of votes cast
342
50.5 % of votes cast
No votes
554
44.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
3 years, 5 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 648
Appearances
49
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 648
243
+135.1 vs Commons average
Rank 50 of 648
Contributions
82
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 296 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
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30 % above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
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
13 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Defence
30 of 31 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 161 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 193 votes

Recent voting overlap

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