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Andrew Bowie vs Ruth Jones

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 Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn

Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Ruth Jones voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,026 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 987 different votes 1,026 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
16 Aye 29 No
Benefits 7% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
34 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
55 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 106 shared votes
50 Aye 56 No
11 Aye 17 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 28 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 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
78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
694
51.9% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
643
48.1% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
7 years, 6 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

71
-12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650
Appearances
53
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 650
115
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650
Contributions
78
-67.7 vs Commons average
Rank 418 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,982,147
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Education
61 of 69 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 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
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
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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