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Andrew Western vs Steve Darling

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Steve Darling voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 301 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 251 different votes 301 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 9 No
Housing 33% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 29% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
0 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 3% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 29 No
Tax 4% aligned 57 shared votes
31 Aye 26 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

72.9%
same as average
Rank 365 of 649
Participation
67.0%
6% below average
Rank 481 of 649
698
958 eligible divisions
Total votes
385
575 eligible divisions
344
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
208
54.0% of votes cast
354
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
177
46.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
6
1.6% of votes cast
3 years, 8 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

48
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 650
Appearances
144
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 650
305
+166.7 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 650
Contributions
204
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 118 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
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
5 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
13 of 13 votes
#1
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
47 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API