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Luke Pollard vs Andrew Western

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

Photograph of Luke Pollard
Luke Pollard
Lab Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
vs
Photograph of Andrew Western
Andrew Western
Lab Stretford and Urmston

Voting alignment

Luke Pollard and Andrew Western voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 417 shared comparable votes.

417 same votes 0 different votes 417 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
17 Aye 48 No
Migration 100% aligned 65 shared votes
17 Aye 48 No
32 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 48 No
Migration 100% aligned 65 shared votes
17 Aye 48 No
32 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

70.2 %
3 % below average
Rank 431 of 647
Participation
73.9 %
1 % above average
Rank 346 of 647
1,451
2,068 eligible divisions
Total votes
680
920 eligible divisions
804
55.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
335
49.3 % of votes cast
647
44.6 % of votes cast
No votes
345
50.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
3 years, 5 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

66
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 647
Appearances
49
-14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 357 of 647
489
+375.2 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 647
Contributions
304
+190.2 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£309,067
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
3
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

Migration
144 of 161 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
Defence
52 of 59 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
39 of 44 votes
Trade
69 of 84 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
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
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
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