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Andrew Bowie vs Jake Richards

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Jake Richards voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 277 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 270 different votes 277 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 6 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
31 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
31 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 371 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
590 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
51.5% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
207
48.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

71
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 649
Appearances
68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 649
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
Contributions
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 106 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
£187,382
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£187,382
17% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Education
44 of 50 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