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Sarah Bool vs Andrew Western

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Bool and Andrew Western voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 336 different votes 343 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
33 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
42 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
42 Aye 33 No
8 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

70.8%
2% below average
Rank 409 of 649
Participation
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 357 of 649
418
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
712
973 eligible divisions
177
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
348
48.9% of votes cast
241
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
364
51.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 8 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

93
+11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 649
Appearances
45
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
109
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 649
Contributions
298
+155.7 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£188,791
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£188,791
17% below average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
1 registered category
1
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
35 of 39 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Crime / Justice
53 of 62 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API