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Ms Julie Minns vs Andrew Western

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

Photograph of Ms Julie Minns
Ms Julie Minns
Lab Carlisle
vs
Photograph of Andrew Western
Andrew Western
Lab Stretford and Urmston

Voting alignment

Ms Julie Minns and Andrew Western voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 410 shared comparable votes.

405 same votes 5 different votes 410 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
43 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
43 Aye 40 No
31 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
31 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
43 Aye 40 No
31 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
31 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

86.5%
14% above average
Rank 60 of 650
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 344 of 650
536
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
736
1,003 eligible divisions
275
51.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
357
48.5% of votes cast
261
48.7% of votes cast
No votes
379
51.5% of votes cast
5
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

240
+147.0 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 650
Appearances
51
-42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 650
269
+107.0 vs Commons average
Rank 96 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

£180,792
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£180,792
20% below average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
1 registered category
2
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
39 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API