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Wera Hobhouse vs Andrew Western

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


Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Andrew Western voted the same way 53% of the time, based on 453 shared comparable votes.

238 same votes 215 different votes 453 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
4 Aye 1 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
16 Aye 34 No
Migration 94% aligned 50 shared votes
15 Aye 35 No
13 Aye 4 No
Energy 88% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 2 No
Trade 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
14 Aye 7 No
Housing 71% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 22 No
Education 13% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
32 Aye 30 No
Tax 16% aligned 62 shared votes
40 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 9 No
Benefits 21% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
1 Aye 2 No
Transport 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 13 No
Defence 37% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
Participation
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 357 of 649
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
712
973 eligible divisions
844
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
348
48.9% of votes cast
710
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
364
51.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

147
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
45
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 649
209
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 649
Contributions
298
+152.1 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35% above average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
8
1 registered category
12
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

#1
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Trade
70 of 87 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API