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Andrew Western vs Mike Reader

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Mike Reader voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 362 shared comparable votes.

350 same votes 12 different votes 362 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
41 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
41 Aye 36 No
17 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
41 Aye 36 No
17 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

73.8%
1% above average
Rank 333 of 650
Participation
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 337 of 650
752
1,019 eligible divisions
Total votes
469
636 eligible divisions
368
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
245
52.2% of votes cast
384
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
224
47.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.8% of votes cast
3 years, 11 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-44.0 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 650
Appearances
82
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 650
317
+147.8 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 650
Contributions
125
-44.2 vs Commons average
Rank 322 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
£208,618
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£208,618
8% below average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
#2
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Benefits
33 of 37 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
#4
Tax
100 of 122 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API