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
18 Mar 2026	Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division	Aye	368–107
11 Mar 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading	Aye	292–161
11 Mar 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6	No	175–292
11 Mar 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5	No	172–283
11 Mar 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11	No	174–292
10 Mar 2026	Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading	No vote	304–203
10 Mar 2026	Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading	No	203–311
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106	Aye	304–177
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102	Aye	315–163
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44	Aye	315–109
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41	Aye	316–171
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38	Aye	307–173
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37	Aye	321–106
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17	Aye	306–182
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 16	Aye	309–181
2 Mar 2026	Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading	No	105–410
24 Feb 2026	Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms	No vote	69–279
23 Feb 2026	Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading	No vote	361–84
23 Feb 2026	Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Committee: New Clause 3	No vote	73–256
23 Feb 2026	Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3	No vote	77–280
23 Feb 2026	Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2	No vote	156–273
23 Feb 2026	Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1	No vote	161–272
11 Feb 2026	Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27	No vote	279–90
11 Feb 2026	Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27	No vote	277–143
11 Feb 2026	Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 deferred division	No vote	362–107

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)