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Andrew Bowie vs Chris Elmore

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 Chris Elmore
Chris Elmore
Lab Bridgend

Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Chris Elmore voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,373 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,303 different votes 1,373 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
54 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 104 shared votes
51 Aye 53 No
63 Aye 93 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 156 shared votes
95 Aye 61 No
14 Aye 23 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 23 No
Energy 5% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 32 No
Education 4% aligned 49 shared votes
34 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
29 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
15 Aye 32 No
Housing 0% aligned 47 shared votes
32 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
5 Aye 25 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 30 shared votes
25 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
77.9%
5% above average
Rank 247 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,325 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
995
54.9% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
817
45.1% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
10 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2016

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
39
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 507 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Contributions
232
+88.5 vs Commons average
Rank 98 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
£2,290,713
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£343,439
52% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Housing
58 of 62 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 165 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Defence
64 of 71 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
NHS / Health
48 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
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