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Andrew Bowie vs Jeff Smith

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 Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Jeff Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,173 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 1,106 different votes 1,173 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
34 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 99 shared votes
69 Aye 30 No
16 Aye 28 No
Benefits 7% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 45 shared votes
31 Aye 14 No
52 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 100 shared votes
48 Aye 52 No
24 Aye 13 No
Transport 5% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 29 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 28 shared votes
4 Aye 24 No
5 Aye 19 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 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
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
863
45.6% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% 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
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Contributions
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 436 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
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
62 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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 Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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