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Andrew Western vs Helen Grant

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Helen Grant voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 415 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 397 different votes 415 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 4 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 3 No
Transport 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
2 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 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
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 649
712
973 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,751
2,376 eligible divisions
348
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
826
47.2% of votes cast
364
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
925
52.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

45
-38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
Appearances
17
-66.6 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 650
298
+152.3 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 650
Contributions
29
-116.7 vs Commons average
Rank 581 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
£2,650,269
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£276,159
22% above average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
54 of 60 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API