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Andrew Bowie vs Debbie Abrahams

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 Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams
Lab Oldham East and Saddleworth

Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Debbie Abrahams voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,243 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,185 different votes 1,243 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 27 No
Benefits 9% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 14 No
Education 8% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
63 Aye 93 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 156 shared votes
95 Aye 61 No
18 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 6% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 61 shared votes
41 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
30 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
18 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 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
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 421 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,673
2,376 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
54.2% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
766
45.8% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
15 years, 8 months
Since 13 Jan 2011

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Contributions
83
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 388 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
£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£290,169
28% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
174 of 211 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Transport
78 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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: 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 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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