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Andrew Bowie vs Mr Clive Betts

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Mr Clive Betts voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,370 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 1,303 different votes 1,370 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
14 Aye 25 No
Benefits 8% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
69 Aye 95 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 164 shared votes
97 Aye 67 No
63 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 123 shared votes
61 Aye 62 No
12 Aye 28 No
Education 5% aligned 40 shared votes
30 Aye 10 No
24 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 63 shared votes
42 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
68 Aye 122 No
Tax 0% aligned 190 shared votes
122 Aye 68 No
34 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
31 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 30 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
30 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
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 277 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Contributions
49
-94.5 vs Commons average
Rank 509 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
£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£311,690
38% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API