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Andrew Bowie vs Jo Platt

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 Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton

Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Jo Platt voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 652 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 618 different votes 652 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
9 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 21% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 6 No
Migration 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 18 No
Benefits 13% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
41 Aye 71 No
Brexit / EU 10% aligned 112 shared votes
74 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 72 No
Tax 0% aligned 121 shared votes
72 Aye 49 No
16 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 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
77.8%
5% above average
Rank 251 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
459
590 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
231
50.3% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
228
49.7% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% 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
33
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 543 of 649
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
Contributions
54
-91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 494 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
£766,743
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£208,190
8% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
That this House agrees with Lords Amendments 2 to 18 to the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill 18 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House New Clause 10 (Creasy) 9 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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