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Andrew Bowie vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,195 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,135 different votes 1,195 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 22 No
Benefits 8% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
46 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 92 shared votes
48 Aye 44 No
21 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
65 Aye 99 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 164 shared votes
101 Aye 63 No
12 Aye 24 No
Education 6% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
33 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 16 No
Energy 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% 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
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Contributions
48
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 514 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API