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Jess Phillips vs Andrew Western

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

Photograph of Jess Phillips
Jess Phillips
Lab Birmingham Yardley
vs
Photograph of Andrew Western
Andrew Western
Lab Stretford and Urmston

Voting alignment

Jess Phillips and Andrew Western voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 496 shared comparable votes.

496 same votes 0 different votes 496 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
27 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 67 shared votes
27 Aye 40 No
18 Aye 46 No
Migration 100% aligned 64 shared votes
18 Aye 46 No
31 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 4 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
25 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 67 shared votes
27 Aye 40 No
18 Aye 46 No
Migration 100% aligned 64 shared votes
18 Aye 46 No
31 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 4 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
25 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

69.3%
3% below average
Rank 434 of 650
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 344 of 650
1,668
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
736
1,003 eligible divisions
955
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
357
48.5% of votes cast
713
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
379
51.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
3 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

60
-33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650
Appearances
51
-42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 650
218
+56.0 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 650
Contributions
319
+157.0 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,246,747
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£267,662
18% above average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
11
3 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

Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
Trade
77 of 94 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
39 of 44 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Transport
75 of 96 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

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
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
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