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Andrew Western vs Taiwo Owatemi

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 481 shared comparable votes.

469 same votes 12 different votes 481 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
54 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
54 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 41 No
Migration 100% aligned 59 shared votes
18 Aye 41 No
30 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
54 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 41 No
Migration 100% aligned 59 shared votes
18 Aye 41 No
30 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

73.7%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 650
Participation
74.4%
2% above average
Rank 322 of 650
747
1,014 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,264
1,699 eligible divisions
365
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
674
53.3% of votes cast
382
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
590
46.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0% of votes cast
3 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 650
Appearances
6
-88.5 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
315
+150.4 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
Contributions
6
-158.6 vs Commons average
Rank 629 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% 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
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
#2
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
156 of 178 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Work / Employment
59 of 70 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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