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Andrew Western vs Ruth Cadbury

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Ruth Cadbury voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 560 shared comparable votes.

560 same votes 0 different votes 560 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
52 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
52 Aye 35 No
26 Aye 39 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 65 shared votes
26 Aye 39 No
19 Aye 43 No
Migration 100% aligned 62 shared votes
19 Aye 43 No
29 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
52 Aye 35 No
26 Aye 39 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 65 shared votes
26 Aye 39 No
19 Aye 43 No
Migration 100% aligned 62 shared votes
19 Aye 43 No
29 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 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
75.0%
2% above average
Rank 311 of 649
712
973 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,781
2,376 eligible divisions
348
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
990
55.6% of votes cast
364
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
791
44.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

45
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 649
Appearances
65
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
298
+152.1 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 649
Contributions
73
-72.9 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£577,200
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,210,414
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£293,505
30% above average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 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
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#3
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Education
78 of 96 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API