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Andrew Bowie vs Cat Smith

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Cat Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,286 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 1,224 different votes 1,286 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
19 Aye 31 No
Benefits 8% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
68 Aye 92 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 160 shared votes
94 Aye 66 No
31 Aye 24 No
Transport 5% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 36 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 60 shared votes
39 Aye 21 No
56 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 106 shared votes
49 Aye 57 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 24 No
Trade 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 25 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 30 shared votes
25 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 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
72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
931
54.0% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
792
46.0% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Contributions
25
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 591 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
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API