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Andrew Bowie vs David Simmonds

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and David Simmonds voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,104 shared comparable votes.

1,098 same votes 6 different votes 1,104 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
58 Aye 92 No
Tax 100% aligned 150 shared votes
58 Aye 92 No
50 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 108 shared votes
50 Aye 58 No
19 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 95% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
98 Aye 42 No
Migration 99% aligned 140 shared votes
96 Aye 44 No
58 Aye 92 No
Tax 100% aligned 150 shared votes
58 Aye 92 No
50 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 108 shared votes
50 Aye 58 No
19 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 183 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 126 of 650
1,731
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,404
1,687 eligible divisions
847
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
678
48.3% of votes cast
884
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
726
51.7% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

73
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650
Appearances
109
+20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
118
-36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650
Contributions
195
+40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,982,147
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
188 of 189 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Trade
85 of 90 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API