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Andrew Western vs Lee Anderson

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 Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield

Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Lee Anderson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 460 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 441 different votes 460 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
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Transport 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 9 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 7 No
Housing 6% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
1 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 24 shared votes
22 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 51 shared votes
35 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 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
75.2%
3% above average
Rank 306 of 649
712
973 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
348
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
626
50.2% of votes cast
364
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
621
49.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

45
-38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
Appearances
57
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 650
298
+152.3 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 650
Contributions
80
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 407 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
£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£264,074
17% above average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
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
Trade
53 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Devolution / Local Government
39 of 44 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Crown Estate Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 1 24 Feb 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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