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
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359	No vote	277–158
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357	No vote	278–73
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342	No vote	281–70
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334	No vote	356–90
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333	No vote	301–157
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311	No vote	300–101
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11	No vote	291–174
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6	Aye	299–169
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2	Aye	307–176
25 Mar 2026	Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6	Aye	290–163
25 Mar 2026	Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5	Aye	292–162
25 Mar 2026	Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4	Aye	300–149
25 Mar 2026	Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3	Aye	286–163
25 Mar 2026	Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2	Aye	295–162
25 Mar 2026	Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1	Aye	291–158
24 Mar 2026	Opposition Day: Defence	No	98–306
24 Mar 2026	Opposition Day: Oil and gas	No	108–297
23 Mar 2026	National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6	Aye	278–164
23 Mar 2026	National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5	Aye	281–167
23 Mar 2026	National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3	Aye	280–164
23 Mar 2026	National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2	Aye	279–167
23 Mar 2026	National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1	Aye	280–161
18 Mar 2026	Opposition day: Student loans	No	88–266
18 Mar 2026	Opposition day: Fuel duty	No	103–259
18 Mar 2026	Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 deferred division	Aye	277–99

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)