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Andrew Western vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Andrew Western
Andrew Western
Lab Stretford and Urmston
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Esther McVey voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 338 different votes 348 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 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 33 No
Migration 6% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
31 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
24 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
24 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

72.9 %
same as average
Rank 365 of 649
Participation
64.8 %
8 % below average
Rank 519 of 649
698
958 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,364
2,106 eligible divisions
344
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
624
45.7 % of votes cast
354
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
740
54.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
54
4.0 % of votes cast
3 years, 7 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

48
-29.6 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
Appearances
104
+26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
305
+167.4 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
Contributions
134
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 198 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31 % above average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
3 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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Devolution / Local Government
39 of 44 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
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