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Andrew Bowie vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Bob Blackman voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,640 shared comparable votes.

1,594 same votes 46 different votes 1,640 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
76 Aye 139 No
Tax 100% aligned 215 shared votes
76 Aye 139 No
36 Aye 34 No
Transport 100% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 35 No
Benefits 100% aligned 55 shared votes
20 Aye 35 No
31 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 54 shared votes
31 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
78 Aye 110 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 188 shared votes
74 Aye 114 No
17 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 94% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 22 No
Housing 94% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
37 Aye 47 No
Trade 95% aligned 84 shared votes
35 Aye 49 No
30 Aye 43 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 73 shared votes
27 Aye 46 No

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

Voting record

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 188 of 650
Participation
87.4%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 650
1,744
2,167 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,118
2,422 eligible divisions
849
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
992
46.8% of votes cast
895
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,126
53.2% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.5% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

77
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Appearances
161
+65.4 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
121
-45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Contributions
190
+23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 184 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
188 of 189 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
212 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
#2
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Trade
85 of 90 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

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