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Andrew Western vs Patricia Ferguson

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Patricia Ferguson voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 393 shared comparable votes.

381 same votes 12 different votes 393 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
48 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
48 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 96% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 96% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
48 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
48 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 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
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 211 of 650
752
1,019 eligible divisions
Total votes
505
636 eligible divisions
368
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
257
50.9% of votes cast
384
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
248
49.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
18
3.6% of votes cast
3 years, 10 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
116
+19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 650
317
+147.8 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 650
Contributions
160
-9.2 vs Commons average
Rank 237 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
£151,093
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£151,093
33% below average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Benefits
33 of 37 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Defence
30 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

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