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).

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Scorecard

76.0% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote

437 Votes cast out of 575 divisions

138 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 254 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. 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

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

Date	Question	Their vote	Result
27 Oct 2025	Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4	No	152–337
21 Oct 2025	Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30	No	77–390
21 Oct 2025	Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 9	No	104–317
21 Oct 2025	Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6	No	167–313
21 Oct 2025	Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 24	No	182–307
21 Oct 2025	Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part	Aye	389–102
21 Oct 2025	Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46	No	105–381
20 Oct 2025	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Third Reading	Aye	320–171
20 Oct 2025	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: New Clause 1	No	172–322
20 Oct 2025	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Clause 2 stand part	Aye	318–174
20 Oct 2025	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9	No	83–319
20 Oct 2025	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 7	No	174–321
15 Oct 2025	Sustainable Aviation Fuel Remaining Stages: Amendment 9	No vote	160–324
15 Oct 2025	Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 8	No vote	151–319
15 Oct 2025	Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 5	No vote	78–316
14 Oct 2025	Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 41	No	164–333
14 Oct 2025	Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 40	No	163–339
14 Oct 2025	Mental Health Bill Report Stage New Clause 26	No	78–327
16 Sep 2025	Sentencing Bill: Second Reading	No vote	340–77
16 Sep 2025	Sentencing Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading	No vote	78–292
16 Sep 2025	Child poverty strategy (removal of two child limit): Ten Minute Rule Motion	No vote	89–79
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 121	No vote	316–161
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 62	No vote	330–161
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 61	No vote	330–161
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60	No vote	318–170

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)

£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)