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
12 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 62 stand part	Aye	344–181
12 Jan 2026	Finance (No.2) Bill Committee: Clause 10 stand part	Aye	324–180
12 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12	No	167–350
7 Jan 2026	Opposition Day: Rural communities	No vote	105–332
7 Jan 2026	Opposition Day: Jury trials	No	182–290
17 Dec 2025	National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Second Reading	Aye	312–165
16 Dec 2025	Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading	Aye	341–195
16 Dec 2025	Finance (No. 2) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading (Opposition)	No	118–340
15 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 120N to Commons Amendment 120G and their Amendments 120P to 120S to Commons Amendment 120H	Aye	311–96
10 Dec 2025	Opposition day: Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer	No	90–297
10 Dec 2025	Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on seasonal work	Aye	320–98
10 Dec 2025	Opposition day: Seasonal work	No	98–325
9 Dec 2025	Railways Bill: Second Reading	No vote	329–173
9 Dec 2025	Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment	No vote	170–332
9 Dec 2025	UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion	No vote	100–100
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA62 but not to insist on Commons Amendment 62C and to propose Gov (a) in lieu of LA62	Aye	327–162
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion not to insist on Commons Amendment 72C but to disagree with LA72D to LA72H and to propose Gov (a) and (b) in lieu of LA72D to LA72H	Aye	326–162
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B	Aye	395–98
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA23 and LA106 to LA120, not to insist on Commons Amendment 120C, 120D and 120E but to propose Gov (a) to (f) in lieu of LA23 and LA106 to LA120	Aye	300–96
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 1B but to propose Government amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 1B	Aye	327–96
3 Dec 2025	Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 15	No	154–303
3 Dec 2025	Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 16	No	143–304
3 Dec 2025	Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26	No	77–298
3 Dec 2025	Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3	No	87–299
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty	No vote	357–174

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)