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Andrew Bowie vs David Williams

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 David Williams
David Williams
Lab Stoke-on-Trent North

Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and David Williams voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 335 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 314 different votes 335 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 17 No
Benefits 14% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 5% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
40 Aye 29 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 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 189 of 649
Participation
86.3%
14% above average
Rank 69 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
509
590 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
260
51.1% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
249
48.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
15
2.9% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Contributions
76
-67.5 vs Commons average
Rank 414 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
£176,534
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£176,534
22% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
50 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 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 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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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