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
3 Sep 2025	Opposition day: Hospitality sector	No	158–334
3 Sep 2025	Opposition day: Property taxes	No	98–335
2 Sep 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Second Reading	Aye	365–164
2 Sep 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Reasoned Amendment	No	167–367
16 Jul 2025	Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) deferred division	No vote	333–54
16 Jul 2025	Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 deferred division	No vote	334–54
15 Jul 2025	Opposition Day: Tax	No	165–342
15 Jul 2025	Opposition Day: Welfare	No	106–440
11 Jul 2025	Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Report: Amendment 1	No vote	0–47
11 Jul 2025	Motion to sit in private	No vote	1–58
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading	Aye	336–242
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38	No	149–334
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8	No	130–443
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 45	No	175–401
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part	Aye	335–135
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12	No	105–370
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 50	No	103–416
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39	No	35–469
8 Jul 2025	Football Governance Bill [HL]: Third Reading	Aye	415–98
8 Jul 2025	Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: Amendment 18	No	178–338
8 Jul 2025	Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 3	No	86–340
8 Jul 2025	Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 1	No	167–346
4 Jul 2025	Motion to sit in private	No vote	1–33
2 Jul 2025	Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025	Aye	385–26
2 Jul 2025	Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to insist on 2A and disagree with LA2B and LA2C	Aye	321–158

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)