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Andrew Bowie vs Esther McVey

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 Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Esther McVey voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,242 shared comparable votes.

1,202 same votes 40 different votes 1,242 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
85 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 117 shared votes
85 Aye 32 No
31 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 70 shared votes
31 Aye 39 No
30 Aye 39 No
Trade 100% aligned 69 shared votes
30 Aye 39 No
22 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
45 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 93% aligned 97 shared votes
46 Aye 51 No
30 Aye 28 No
Transport 93% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
64 Aye 99 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 163 shared votes
58 Aye 105 No
15 Aye 12 No
Housing 96% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 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 188 of 650
Participation
64.5%
8% below average
Rank 517 of 650
1,744
2,167 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,398
2,167 eligible divisions
849
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
643
46.0% of votes cast
895
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
755
54.0% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

77
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Appearances
145
+49.4 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 650
121
-45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Contributions
189
+22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 185 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Trade
85 of 90 votes
#4
Trade
71 of 90 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Home Detention Curfew) Order 2023 22 Mar 2023
Crime / Justice
No rebel
No
Public Order Bill: Amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 5 7 Mar 2023
Crime / Justice
Aye rebel
No
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye rebel
Aye
Public Order Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 18 Oct 2022
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Second Reading 20 Jun 2022
Transport
No rebel
Aye
Health and Care Bill: Third Reading 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
No rebel
No
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye rebel
Aye
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: New Clause 49 22 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
No rebel
Aye
Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Bill Lords Amendments Motion to disagree LA1 15 Nov 2021
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Environment Bill: Amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 45 20 Oct 2021
Environment / Climate
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Opposition day: Employers 11 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Opposition day: Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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