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Andrew Western vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 324 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 296 different votes 324 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
12 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 16% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 42 No
Migration 5% aligned 56 shared votes
39 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 23 No
Tax 2% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 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
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
712
973 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
348
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
364
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

45
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 649
Appearances
62
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
298
+155.6 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 649
Contributions
72
-70.4 vs Commons average
Rank 430 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
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API