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Andrew Bowie vs Kerry McCarthy

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,391 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,328 different votes 1,391 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
17 Aye 33 No
Benefits 6% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
70 Aye 97 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 167 shared votes
99 Aye 68 No
18 Aye 23 No
Energy 5% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 64 shared votes
42 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 29 No
Education 4% aligned 45 shared votes
31 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
64 Aye 117 No
Tax 0% aligned 181 shared votes
117 Aye 64 No
34 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
32 Aye 34 No
30 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 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
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
827
44.0% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
81
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Contributions
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 311 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
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
66 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Education
84 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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