Official portrait of Andrew Western

Andrew Western

Labour MP for Stretford and Urmston, since 15 December 2022

Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

Andrew Western is the Labour MP for Stretford and Urmston, and has been an MP continually since 15 December 2022. He currently holds the Government post of Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions).

Scorecard

76.4% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
451 Votes cast out of 590 divisions
139 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
8 Interests declared 3 at £5,000 or more
165 Debates spoken in 94 written questions tabled

Ranked 246 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.4%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
11 Sep 2026 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading Aye 270–286
11 Sep 2026 Closure motion Aye 293–218
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 77–292
9 Sep 2026 Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 371–100
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 No 162–297
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 No 106–302
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 No 108–357
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 No 79–300
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 No 170–316
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 No 77–317
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–79
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Aye 411–102
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 No 85–427
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 No 105–410
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 No 166–346
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division No vote 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division No vote 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 No 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading No vote 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No vote 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 369–102

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

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

£7,250

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)

On the register since 29 Apr 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)

On the register since 29 Apr 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)

On the register since 29 Apr 2026

£8,500

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)

On the register since 29 Apr 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)

On the register since 29 Apr 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)

On the register since 29 Apr 2026

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)

On the register since 29 Apr 2026

£5,000

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)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

165 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

6 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £28,850 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
8 Apr 2026 Andrew Western sitting MP Kevin Craig Individual Cash £3,100
1 Apr 2026 Andrew Western sitting MP World Metal Recycling Limited Company Cash £7,250
28 Mar 2026 Andrew Western sitting MP R N Restaurant (Perivale) Limited Company Non Cash Hospitality £8,500
28 Mar 2026 Andrew Western sitting MP Olympic Oils Limited Company Cash £2,500
28 Mar 2026 Andrew Western sitting MP Millennium Care (U.K.) Limited Company Non Cash Other £2,500
18 Jun 2025 Andrew Western sitting MP Homes for Britain Company Non Cash Consultancy services £5,000

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 1 Oct 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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