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Andrew Bowie vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,549 shared comparable votes.

1,509 same votes 40 different votes 1,549 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
31 Aye 41 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 72 shared votes
31 Aye 41 No
32 Aye 30 No
Transport 100% aligned 62 shared votes
32 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 32 No
Benefits 100% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 32 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
12 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
98 Aye 45 No
Migration 94% aligned 143 shared votes
97 Aye 46 No
75 Aye 110 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 185 shared votes
70 Aye 115 No
30 Aye 43 No
Trade 95% aligned 73 shared votes
28 Aye 45 No
23 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 25 No
Energy 98% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 188 of 650
Participation
81.1%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 650
1,744
2,167 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,965
2,422 eligible divisions
849
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
45.8% of votes cast
895
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,065
54.2% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

77
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Appearances
100
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
121
-45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Contributions
162
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 220 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
188 of 189 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
85 of 90 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 68 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API