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Andrew Western vs James Murray

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 James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Andrew Western and James Murray voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 552 shared comparable votes.

552 same votes 0 different votes 552 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
51 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
51 Aye 41 No
19 Aye 48 No
Migration 100% aligned 67 shared votes
19 Aye 48 No
25 Aye 32 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
33 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
33 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
51 Aye 41 No
19 Aye 48 No
Migration 100% aligned 67 shared votes
19 Aye 48 No
25 Aye 32 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
33 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
33 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

73.4%
1% above average
Rank 344 of 650
Participation
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 334 of 650
736
1,003 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,245
1,688 eligible divisions
357
48.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
657
52.8% of votes cast
379
51.5% of votes cast
No votes
588
47.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
3 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

51
-42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 650
Appearances
104
+11.0 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 650
319
+157.0 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 650
Contributions
766
+604.0 vs Commons average
Rank 8 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 63 votes
Devolution / Local Government
39 of 44 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API