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Dame Siobhain McDonagh vs Andrew Western

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


Voting alignment

Dame Siobhain McDonagh and Andrew Western voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 400 shared comparable votes.

386 same votes 14 different votes 400 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
36 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
36 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 27 No
Migration 100% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
36 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 27 No
Migration 100% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

55.3%
17% below average
Rank 603 of 650
Participation
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 333 of 650
1,340
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
752
1,019 eligible divisions
760
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
368
48.9% of votes cast
580
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
384
51.1% of votes cast
21
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
3 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

45
-52.0 vs Commons average
Rank 522 of 650
Appearances
53
-44.0 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 650
52
-117.2 vs Commons average
Rank 532 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

£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£292,669
29% above average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
1 registered category
9
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

Brexit / EU
147 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
Transport
66 of 98 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 82 votes
#3
Benefits
33 of 37 votes
Education
64 of 96 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 47 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API