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Andrew Bowie vs James McMurdock

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and James McMurdock voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 182 shared comparable votes.

177 same votes 5 different votes 182 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
21 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
21 Aye 35 No
9 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 8 No
Energy 100% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 2 No
Migration 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 3 No
Defence 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 86% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 89% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 10 No
Housing 94% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
21 Aye 35 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
41.4%
31% below average
Rank 632 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
244
590 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
119
48.8% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
125
51.2% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

71
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 649
Appearances
28
-55.7 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 649
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
Contributions
33
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 567 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
£171,670
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£171,670
24% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Energy
14 of 20 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Migration
9 of 13 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Tax
71 of 112 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Housing
19 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API