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Andrew Bowie vs Rushanara Ali

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 Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney

Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,354 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 1,281 different votes 1,354 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
67 Aye 98 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 165 shared votes
100 Aye 65 No
16 Aye 34 No
Benefits 6% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 No
58 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 121 shared votes
63 Aye 58 No
25 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 64 shared votes
42 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
56.6% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
787
43.4% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
46
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Contributions
43
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 534 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
66 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 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: 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 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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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 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
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