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Andrew Western vs Nigel Farage

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 Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton

Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Nigel Farage voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 134 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 127 different votes 134 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
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 7 No
Housing 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 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
40.0%
33% below average
Rank 634 of 649
712
973 eligible divisions
Total votes
6
15 eligible divisions
348
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
4
66.7% of votes cast
364
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
2
33.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
1 months
Since 13 Aug 2026

Debates

45
-38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
Appearances
13
-70.6 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 650
298
+152.3 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 650
Contributions
15
-130.7 vs Commons average
Rank 617 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
£162,580
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£162,580
28% below average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
35
7 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
Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
No topic data
Devolution / Local Government
39 of 44 votes
#3
No topic data
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
No topic data
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
No topic data

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
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
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API