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Andrew Bowie vs Claire Hughes

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 Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy

Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Claire Hughes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 298 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 292 different votes 298 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 17 No
Benefits 14% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
32 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
44 Aye 32 No
12 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
44 Aye 32 No
12 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 9 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

81.1 %
8 % above average
Rank 192 of 648
Participation
90.7 %
17 % above average
Rank 21 of 648
1,669
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
477
526 eligible divisions
815
48.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
254
53.2 % of votes cast
854
51.2 % of votes cast
No votes
223
46.8 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 648
Appearances
16
-44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 648
91
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 648
Contributions
16
-92.9 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,982,147
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50 % above average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
Education
49 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
153 of 161 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Trade
79 of 84 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 23 votes
Energy
51 of 56 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
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
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
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