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Andrew Bowie vs John McDonnell

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and John McDonnell voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,404 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,338 different votes 1,404 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
11 Aye 27 No
Education 8% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
68 Aye 93 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 161 shared votes
94 Aye 67 No
20 Aye 34 No
Benefits 6% aligned 54 shared votes
31 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 60 shared votes
37 Aye 23 No
62 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 114 shared votes
53 Aye 61 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 23 No
Energy 0% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
61 Aye 119 No
Tax 1% aligned 180 shared votes
118 Aye 62 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
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
125
+42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Contributions
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API