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Andrew Western vs Sojan Joseph

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Sojan Joseph voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 458 shared comparable votes.

444 same votes 14 different votes 458 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
43 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
43 Aye 39 No
22 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
31 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
31 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
43 Aye 39 No
22 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
31 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
31 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 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
89.8%
17% above average
Rank 21 of 650
752
1,019 eligible divisions
Total votes
571
636 eligible divisions
368
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
283
49.6% of votes cast
384
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
288
50.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.5% of votes cast
3 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 650
Appearances
73
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
317
+148.1 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 650
Contributions
87
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 441 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
£158,669
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£158,669
30% below average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Benefits
33 of 37 votes
#3
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 20 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