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Andrew Western vs Ian Roome

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Ian Roome voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 257 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 194 different votes 257 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 1 No
Energy 83% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 4 No
Housing 58% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
21 Aye 8 No
Education 3% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 13 No
Defence 5% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 22 No
Tax 10% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 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
54.2%
18% below average
Rank 610 of 649
712
973 eligible divisions
Total votes
320
590 eligible divisions
348
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
178
55.6% of votes cast
364
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
142
44.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

45
-38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
Appearances
91
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
298
+152.3 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 650
Contributions
117
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 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
£156,328
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£156,328
31% below average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Education
35 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API