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Andrew Bowie vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Bill Esterson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,294 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,225 different votes 1,294 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
16 Aye 27 No
Benefits 7% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
58 Aye 91 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 149 shared votes
93 Aye 56 No
13 Aye 23 No
Education 6% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 36 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 56 shared votes
39 Aye 17 No
56 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 114 shared votes
58 Aye 56 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
32 Aye 34 No
26 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 407 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
50 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API