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Andrew Western vs Jim McMahon

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Jim McMahon voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 590 shared comparable votes.

579 same votes 11 different votes 590 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
53 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
53 Aye 37 No
17 Aye 46 No
Migration 100% aligned 63 shared votes
17 Aye 46 No
26 Aye 32 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
26 Aye 32 No
32 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
32 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
53 Aye 37 No
17 Aye 46 No
Migration 100% aligned 63 shared votes
17 Aye 46 No
26 Aye 32 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
26 Aye 32 No
32 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
32 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

73.7%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 650
Participation
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 389 of 650
747
1,014 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,732
2,417 eligible divisions
365
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
968
55.9% of votes cast
382
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
764
44.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
3 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
10 years, 11 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 650
Appearances
103
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650
315
+150.4 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
Contributions
344
+179.4 vs Commons average
Rank 54 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
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
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
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API