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Andrew Bowie vs Heidi Alexander

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 Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 345 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 337 different votes 345 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 12 No
Benefits 20% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 3 No
Defence 8% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
31 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
47 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
47 Aye 31 No
6 Aye 39 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
39 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 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 193 of 649
Participation
62.8 %
10 % below average
Rank 542 of 649
1,694
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
361
575 eligible divisions
826
48.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
170
47.1 % of votes cast
868
51.2 % of votes cast
No votes
191
52.9 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

64
-13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 650
Appearances
69
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 650
105
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 650
Contributions
583
+444.7 vs Commons average
Rank 12 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50 % above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21 % below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Transport
25 of 29 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
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
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Electoral Commission 23 Jan 2018
Aye
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