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Andrew Western

Labour Stretford and Urmston

Voting record

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Voted for
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Voted against
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Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Andrew Western’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Every Commons division on file for Andrew Western — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 712 of 973 (73%).

4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 79 no vote recorded
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Ayes 264, Noes 90 no vote recorded
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Ayes 97, Noes 358 no vote recorded
7 Jul 2026 Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners Ayes 115, Noes 0 no vote recorded
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 Ayes 177, Noes 308 no vote recorded
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 Ayes 173, Noes 282 no vote recorded
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Ayes 80, Noes 281 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 Ayes 144, Noes 244 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 Ayes 135, Noes 258 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 Ayes 143, Noes 249 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 Ayes 85, Noes 317 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion Ayes 233, Noes 94 no vote recorded
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival Ayes 24, Noes 37 no vote recorded
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill: Third Reading Ayes 278, Noes 149 no vote recorded
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 Ayes 155, Noes 279 no vote recorded
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 Ayes 167, Noes 266 no vote recorded
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 Ayes 77, Noes 271 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 Ayes 356, Noes 86 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 Ayes 157, Noes 287 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 Ayes 94, Noes 297 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 Ayes 90, Noes 290 no vote recorded
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 Ayes 277, Noes 158 no vote recorded
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 Ayes 278, Noes 73 no vote recorded
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 Ayes 281, Noes 70 no vote recorded
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 Ayes 356, Noes 90 no vote recorded
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 Ayes 301, Noes 157 no vote recorded
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 Ayes 300, Noes 101 no vote recorded
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 Ayes 291, Noes 174 no vote recorded
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading Ayes 304, Noes 203 no vote recorded
24 Feb 2026 Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms Ayes 69, Noes 279 no vote recorded
23 Feb 2026 Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading Ayes 361, Noes 84 no vote recorded
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 Ayes 77, Noes 280 no vote recorded
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Ayes 156, Noes 273 no vote recorded
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1 Ayes 161, Noes 272 no vote recorded
11 Feb 2026 Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27 Ayes 277, Noes 143 no vote recorded
4 Feb 2026 Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 Ayes 392, Noes 116 no vote recorded
27 Jan 2026 Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 1 Ayes 88, Noes 310 no vote recorded
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

Government & opposition roles

Andrew Western currently holds 1 government or shadow front-bench post. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) — Department for Work and Pensions — since 2026-07-21 Government
Previously held
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions) — Department for Work and Pensions (2024-07-09 to 2026-07-21) Government
Opposition Whip (Commons) — Whips Office (Commons) (2023-09-05 to 2024-05-30) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Andrew Western →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: Homes for Britain Ltd
Address of donor: 12 Old Bond Street, London W1S 4PW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Homes for Britain Ltd have arranged for 12 monthly payments (of £416.66) to the communications consultancy 411 Communications Ltd, for social media advice and support for one year until May 2026, value £5,000
Date received: 18 June 2025 to 18 May 2026
Date accepted: 18 June 2025
Donor status: company, registration 14724694
(Registered 8 July 2025; updated 5 November 2025)

Employment & business

Name of donor: World Metal Recycling Limited
Address of donor: Graphic House, 308 Moseley Road, Levenshulme, Manchester M19 2LH
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £7,250
Date received: 1 April 2026
Date accepted: 1 April 2026
Donor status: company, registration 06865444
(Registered 22 April 2026)

Name of donor: Olympic Oils Limited
Address of donor: Olympic Foods, Fallows Way, Whiston, Merseyside L35 1RZ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500
Date received: 28 March 2026
Date accepted: 28 March 2026
Donor status: company, registration 01946330
(Registered 22 April 2026)

Name of donor: Millennium Care (U.K.) Limited
Address of donor: Mitchell Charlesworth, Glebe Business Park, Lunts Heath Road, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 5SQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500 purchase of tickets to attend fundraising dinner held in support of my general election campaign, in Stockport.
Date received: 28 March 2026
Date accepted: 28 March 2026
Donor status: company, registration 03462318
(Registered 22 April 2026)

Name of donor: R N Restaurant (Perivale) Limited
Address of donor: The Old Hoover Building Western Avenue, Perivale, Greenford, Middlesex UB6 8DW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The Royal Nawaab restaurant in Stockport, owned by RN Restaurant, hosted a fundraiser in support of my general election campaign on 28/03/2026. The owner, Mohammed Waqaas, covered the cost of 10 tables and waived hire charge of the function room, value £8,500
Date received: 28 March 2026
Date accepted: 28 March 2026
Donor status: company, registration 08694498
(Registered 22 April 2026)

Name of donor: Easy Cash Card Limited
Address of donor: Lava House 1st Floor 57 Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester M4 4FS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 purchase of tickets to attend fundraising dinner held in support of my general election campaign, in Stockport.
Date received: 28 March 2026
Date accepted: 28 March 2026
Donor status: company, registration 10623187
(Registered 22 April 2026)

Name of donor: SABZ Solicitors LLP
Address of donor: 615-617, Stretford Road, Manchester M16 0QA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Date received: 28 March 2026
Date accepted: 28 March 2026
Donor status: company, registration OC371772
(Registered 22 April 2026)

Crime & justice

Name of donor: Kevin Craig
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,100
Date received: 8 April 2026
Date accepted: 8 April 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 23 April 2026)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Andrew Western yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Andrew Western has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£275,916.08 paid out to or for Andrew Western across 160 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Andrew Western’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £193,971.75 (9 claims)
Office Costs — £41,612.40 (92 claims)
Accommodation — £26,881.09 (54 claims)
MP Travel — £9,769.52 (2 claims)
Staff Travel — £3,681.32 (3 claims)
Most recent claims
Mobile telephone - equipment purchase — £2,101.95, 2026-03-30 — Iphone 17 [200013614-363]
Stationery & printing — £686.41, 2026-03-23 — Banner March 2026
Stationery & printing — £1,489.82, 2026-03-23 — Banner March 2026
Stationery & printing — £915.22, 2026-03-23 — Banner March 2026
Stationery & printing — £686.41, 2026-03-23 — Banner March 2026
Postage & couriers — £2,967.66, 2026-03-10 — ROYAL MAIL DOOR TO DOO [200013613-11204]
Stationery & printing — £1,897.00, 2026-03-04 — Printing costs for constituency leaflet
Software & applications — £237.60, 2026-02-24 — WWW.MAILJET.COM

Every claim on file for Andrew Western →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Andrew Western — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Andrew Western’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Andrew Western isn’t listed as an officer of any All-Party Parliamentary Group on file — true of most MPs. See APPGs for the full register.

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