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Andrew Bowie vs Alistair Strathern

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 Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 427 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 410 different votes 427 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
4 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 14% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 18 No
Benefits 13% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
22 Aye 12 No
Migration 12% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 11 No
Energy 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 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
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
759 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
294
48.8% 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, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

71
-12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650
Appearances
66
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 650
115
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650
Contributions
75
-70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 427 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
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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