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Andrew Bowie vs Sir John Hayes

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 Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,554 shared comparable votes.

1,527 same votes 27 different votes 1,554 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
77 Aye 134 No
Tax 100% aligned 211 shared votes
77 Aye 134 No
36 Aye 32 No
Transport 100% aligned 68 shared votes
36 Aye 32 No
30 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 33 No
Housing 100% aligned 48 shared votes
15 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 73 shared votes
30 Aye 43 No
71 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 179 shared votes
68 Aye 111 No
22 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 98% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
94 Aye 41 No
Migration 98% aligned 135 shared votes
97 Aye 38 No
17 Aye 31 No
Education 98% aligned 48 shared votes
16 Aye 32 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 188 of 650
Participation
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 155 of 650
1,739
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,977
2,417 eligible divisions
847
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
933
47.2% of votes cast
892
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,044
52.8% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

78
-16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650
Appearances
141
+46.5 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 650
122
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
Contributions
274
+109.4 vs Commons average
Rank 99 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
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
188 of 189 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
203 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Trade
85 of 90 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
No rebel
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
No rebel
Aye
Draft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 18 Jul 2023
No rebel
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
No rebel
No
Public Order Bill: Amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 5 7 Mar 2023
Crime / Justice
Aye rebel
Aye
Public Order Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 18 Oct 2022
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 554) 22 Jun 2022
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
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