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Andrew Bowie vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Catherine West voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,299 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 1,238 different votes 1,299 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
68 Aye 99 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 167 shared votes
101 Aye 66 No
57 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 111 shared votes
55 Aye 56 No
15 Aye 33 No
Benefits 4% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 32 No
Education 4% aligned 49 shared votes
34 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
4 Aye 21 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
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% 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
48
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Contributions
59
-84.5 vs Commons average
Rank 476 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

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