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Andrew Bowie vs Brian Leishman

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 Brian Leishman
Brian Leishman
Lab Alloa and Grangemouth

Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Brian Leishman voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 294 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 276 different votes 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
3 Aye 2 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 11 No
Benefits 19% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
41 Aye 31 No
12 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 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
73.9%
1% above average
Rank 334 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
436
590 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
44.5% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
242
55.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
23
5.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
136
+53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Contributions
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 201 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
£182,647
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£182,647
19% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Tax
95 of 112 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Migration
11 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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: 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
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
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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