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Chris McDonald vs Andrew Western
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Chris McDonald and Andrew Western voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 390 shared comparable votes.
379 same votes
11 different votes
390 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
77.4%
5% above average
Participation
73.8%
1% above average
492
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
752
1,019 eligible divisions
243
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
368
48.9% of votes cast
249
50.6% of votes cast
No votes
384
51.1% of votes cast
12
2.4% 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
94
-3.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
53
-44.0 vs Commons average
414
+244.8 vs Commons average
Contributions
317
+147.8 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£217,932
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£217,932
4% below average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
6
4 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API