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Andrew Bowie vs Helen Hayes

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 Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes
Lab Dulwich and West Norwood

Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Helen Hayes voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,415 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 1,341 different votes 1,415 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
69 Aye 99 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 168 shared votes
101 Aye 67 No
24 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 62 shared votes
41 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 31 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
58 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 118 shared votes
59 Aye 59 No
9 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
28 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
25 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
3 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 23 shared votes
20 Aye 3 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
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 215 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,886
2,376 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
55.1% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
847
44.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Contributions
127
-16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 245 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
£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£295,156
30% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
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
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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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