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
22 Jun 2026	Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22	No	74–323
22 Jun 2026	Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11	No	104–391
22 Jun 2026	Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4	No	164–311
17 Jun 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3	No vote	144–244
17 Jun 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13	No vote	135–258
17 Jun 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8	No vote	143–249
17 Jun 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3	No vote	85–317
17 Jun 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion	No vote	233–94
16 Jun 2026	Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026	No vote	262–86
16 Jun 2026	Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3	No vote	162–246
16 Jun 2026	Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14	No vote	151–258
16 Jun 2026	Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13	No vote	77–255
15 Jun 2026	Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival	No vote	24–37
10 Jun 2026	Railways Bill: Third Reading	No vote	278–149
10 Jun 2026	Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148	No vote	155–279
10 Jun 2026	Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143	No vote	167–266
10 Jun 2026	Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1	No vote	77–271
9 Jun 2026	Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026	No vote	356–86
9 Jun 2026	Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4	No vote	157–287
9 Jun 2026	Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12	No vote	94–297
9 Jun 2026	Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20	No vote	90–290
8 Jun 2026	Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8	No	145–251
8 Jun 2026	Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2	No	65–251
8 Jun 2026	Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12	No	81–266
3 Jun 2026	Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division	Aye	302–155

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)