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Keir Mather vs Andrew Western

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

Photograph of Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby
vs
Photograph of Andrew Western
Andrew Western
Lab Stretford and Urmston

Voting alignment

Keir Mather and Andrew Western voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 390 shared comparable votes.

390 same votes 0 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
33 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
16 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 19 No
Migration 100% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
16 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 19 No
Migration 100% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 309 of 648
Participation
74.5 %
1 % above average
Rank 334 of 648
552
732 eligible divisions
Total votes
677
909 eligible divisions
275
49.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
335
49.5 % of votes cast
277
50.2 % of votes cast
No votes
342
50.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 10 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
3 years, 5 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

62
+1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 648
Appearances
48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 648
249
+140.1 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 648
Contributions
243
+134.1 vs Commons average
Rank 50 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£451,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£306,391
35 % above average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
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

Defence
23 of 23 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 13 votes
Education
49 of 51 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 31 votes
Transport
23 of 25 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
39 of 43 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#5
Benefits
31 of 35 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 Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API