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Andrew Bowie vs Colum Eastwood

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 Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 736 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 712 different votes 736 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
5 Aye 9 No
Education 21% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 7% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 17 No
Benefits 7% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
41 Aye 36 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 77 shared votes
36 Aye 41 No
87 Aye 38 No
Migration 2% aligned 125 shared votes
35 Aye 90 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
54 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 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 191 of 649
Participation
53.5 %
19 % below average
Rank 613 of 649
1,690
2,101 eligible divisions
Total votes
877
1,638 eligible divisions
824
48.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
482
55.0 % of votes cast
866
51.2 % of votes cast
No votes
395
45.0 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

61
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 649
Appearances
13
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 649
102
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 649
Contributions
24
-110.5 vs Commons average
Rank 585 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
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50 % above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45 % above average
5
3 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
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Trade
80 of 85 votes
#4
Work / Employment
53 of 65 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
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
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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 its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
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
No
Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu 10 Jun 2025
Digital / Online Safety
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Winter Fuel Payment 19 Mar 2025
Aye
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sep 2024
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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