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Andrew Western vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Helen Whately voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 527 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 508 different votes 527 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
3 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
16 Aye 8 No
Benefits 8% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 47 No
Migration 6% aligned 65 shared votes
43 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
712
973 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
348
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
364
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

45
-38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
Appearances
44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 650
298
+152.3 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 650
Contributions
66
-79.7 vs Commons average
Rank 461 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5

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