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Andrew Bowie vs Jim McMahon

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 Jim McMahon
Jim McMahon
Lab Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Jim McMahon voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,292 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,223 different votes 1,292 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
15 Aye 29 No
Benefits 7% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
61 Aye 91 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 152 shared votes
93 Aye 59 No
7 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
23 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 61 shared votes
41 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 26 No
Education 5% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 113 No
Tax 0% aligned 173 shared votes
113 Aye 60 No
32 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
28 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 30 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
30 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 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
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
952
55.9% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
752
44.1% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
10 years, 9 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Contributions
205
+61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 130 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
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
64 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 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
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
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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