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Andrew Western vs Mr Paul Foster

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Mr Paul Foster voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 415 shared comparable votes.

407 same votes 8 different votes 415 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
42 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
42 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
42 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 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 339 of 650
Participation
82.1%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 650
749
1,016 eligible divisions
Total votes
520
633 eligible divisions
367
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
262
50.4% of votes cast
382
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
258
49.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
1.5% of votes cast
3 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

51
-45.1 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 650
Appearances
53
-43.1 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 650
315
+147.8 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Contributions
92
-75.2 vs Commons average
Rank 414 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
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£194,848
14% below average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
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
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Transport
31 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API