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Mrs Elsie Blundell vs Andrew Western

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


Voting alignment

Mrs Elsie Blundell and Andrew Western voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 432 shared comparable votes.

422 same votes 10 different votes 432 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
49 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
49 Aye 36 No
30 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
30 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
49 Aye 36 No
30 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
30 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

82.8%
10% above average
Rank 137 of 650
Participation
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 339 of 650
524
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
749
1,016 eligible divisions
259
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
367
49.0% of votes cast
265
50.6% of votes cast
No votes
382
51.0% of votes cast
10
1.9% 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

73
-21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 650
101
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 650
Contributions
315
+150.4 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£161,906
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£161,906
28% below average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
4
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#3
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Transport
30 of 32 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API