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Andrew Bowie vs Derek Twigg

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 Derek Twigg
Derek Twigg
Lab Widnes and Halewood

Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Derek Twigg voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 997 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 935 different votes 997 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
42 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 96 shared votes
54 Aye 42 No
12 Aye 28 No
Benefits 8% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
47 Aye 29 No
Migration 5% aligned 76 shared votes
25 Aye 51 No
46 Aye 80 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 126 shared votes
82 Aye 44 No
11 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 16 No
Transport 0% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 22 No
Energy 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 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
58.0%
15% below average
Rank 587 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,377
2,376 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
793
57.6% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
584
42.4% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
27
2.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Contributions
39
-104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 548 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
£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£227,917
1% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 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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