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Andrew Bowie vs Peter Dowd

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 Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Peter Dowd voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,217 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,159 different votes 1,217 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 19 No
Benefits 9% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
64 Aye 89 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 153 shared votes
91 Aye 62 No
63 Aye 47 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 110 shared votes
48 Aye 62 No
44 Aye 39 No
Migration 6% aligned 83 shared votes
36 Aye 47 No
22 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 52 shared votes
33 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
25 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 28 shared votes
3 Aye 25 No
5 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 25 shared votes
14 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
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Contributions
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 582 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 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
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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