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Andrew Bowie vs Al Carns

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Andrew Bowie
Andrew Bowie
Con West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
vs
Photograph of Al Carns
Al Carns
Lab Birmingham Selly Oak

Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Al Carns voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 197 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 189 different votes 197 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
2 Aye 5 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 5 No
Defence 7% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 24 No
Tax 2% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
20 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.4%
8% above average
Rank 189 of 649
Participation
52.9%
20% below average
Rank 614 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
312
590 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
147
47.1% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
165
52.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

71
-12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650
Appearances
75
-8.6 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 650
115
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650
Contributions
274
+128.3 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,982,147
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£170,101
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£170,101
25% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
187 of 188 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Housing
21 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Defence
22 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API