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Andrew Bowie vs Dame Meg Hillier

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 Meg Hillier
Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch

Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,295 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 1,230 different votes 1,295 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
16 Aye 33 No
Benefits 6% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No
70 Aye 100 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 170 shared votes
102 Aye 68 No
16 Aye 24 No
Energy 5% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 32 No
Education 4% aligned 45 shared votes
34 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
33 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 346 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
985
56.4% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
760
43.6% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
130
+47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Contributions
202
+58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 131 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
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 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
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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