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Andrew Bowie vs Kate Dearden

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 Kate Dearden
Kate Dearden
Lab Halifax

Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Kate Dearden voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 291 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 282 different votes 291 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 15 No
Benefits 15% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
27 Aye 41 No
Tax 1% aligned 68 shared votes
40 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
17 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 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
86.1%
13% above average
Rank 74 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
508
590 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
247
48.6% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
261
51.4% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
82
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Contributions
206
+62.5 vs Commons average
Rank 125 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
£175,203
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£175,203
23% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 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
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
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
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
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