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Andrew Bowie vs Andy McDonald

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 Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Andy McDonald voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,330 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 1,257 different votes 1,330 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
17 Aye 31 No
Benefits 8% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
69 Aye 95 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 164 shared votes
97 Aye 67 No
19 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 27 No
Education 5% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
34 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 22 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 26 shared votes
22 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
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
996
55.5% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
798
44.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Contributions
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 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
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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