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Chris Bloore vs Andrew Western

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

Photograph of Chris Bloore
Chris Bloore
Lab Redditch
vs
Photograph of Andrew Western
Andrew Western
Lab Stretford and Urmston

Voting alignment

Chris Bloore and Andrew Western voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 372 shared comparable votes.

370 same votes 2 different votes 372 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
38 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
38 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 8 No
Benefits 90% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
38 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
38 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 12 No
Housing 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

71.9%
same as average
Rank 383 of 650
Participation
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 650
454
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
747
1,014 eligible divisions
220
48.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
365
48.9% of votes cast
234
51.5% of votes cast
No votes
382
51.1% of votes cast
2
0.4% 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

112
+17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 650
127
-37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 650
Contributions
315
+150.5 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£167,691
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£167,691
26% below average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
1 registered category
1
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
39 of 44 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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