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Catherine Atkinson vs Andrew Western

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


Voting alignment

Catherine Atkinson and Andrew Western voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 407 shared comparable votes.

393 same votes 14 different votes 407 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
44 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
44 Aye 35 No
20 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
44 Aye 35 No
20 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
8% above average
Rank 194 of 650
Participation
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 333 of 650
509
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
752
1,019 eligible divisions
260
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
368
48.9% of votes cast
249
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
384
51.1% of votes cast
15
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

106
+9.0 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 650
Appearances
53
-44.0 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 650
194
+24.8 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
Contributions
317
+147.8 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£207,563
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£207,563
8% below average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
1 registered category
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

Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#3
Benefits
33 of 37 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Housing
29 of 33 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API