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Andrew Bowie vs Alison McGovern

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Alison McGovern voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,260 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,206 different votes 1,260 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
11 Aye 33 No
Benefits 7% aligned 44 shared votes
30 Aye 14 No
64 Aye 91 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 155 shared votes
93 Aye 62 No
22 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 57 shared votes
38 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 21 No
Education 5% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
53 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 109 shared votes
57 Aye 52 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
34 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 22 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 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
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
922
55.4% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
741
44.6% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

71
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 649
Appearances
63
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 649
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
Contributions
430
+284.1 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,982,147
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API