Andrew Western

Andrew Western is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Stretford and Urmston, first elected in December 2022 and re-elected to the current parliament on 5 July 2024. He holds the position of Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions. In the current parliament, he has cast 486 votes out of 626 eligible divisions for a participation rate of 78%, and has made 758 contributions across 141 debates; his top debate topics are Welfare & Benefits, Employment & Workers Rights, and Child Welfare & Safeguarding, while his top voting topics are Parliamentary Procedure, Employment & Workers Rights, and Justice & Law. Low voting participation is conventional for ministers, and high debate contributions by a minister are normal.

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PARLIAMENTARY RECORD

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 Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions).