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Andrew Bowie vs Dame Chi Onwurah

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 Dame Chi Onwurah
Dame Chi Onwurah
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West

Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Dame Chi Onwurah voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,338 shared comparable votes.

78 same votes 1,260 different votes 1,338 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
65 Aye 95 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 160 shared votes
97 Aye 63 No
53 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 113 shared votes
60 Aye 53 No
16 Aye 22 No
Education 5% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 24 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 64 shared votes
42 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
35 Aye 30 No
27 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
29 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 279 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,005
55.5% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
807
44.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Contributions
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 183 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
£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£303,201
34% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
14
5 registered categories
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
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Defence
61 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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