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Andrew Bowie vs Seema Malhotra

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 Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston

Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,215 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 1,148 different votes 1,215 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 25 No
Benefits 7% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
70 Aye 96 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 166 shared votes
98 Aye 68 No
10 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 23 No
Education 5% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
33 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
4 Aye 16 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 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
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.0% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.0% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Contributions
333
+189.5 vs Commons average
Rank 49 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
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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