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Andrew Bowie vs Sir Roger Gale

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 Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,059 shared comparable votes.

1,034 same votes 25 different votes 1,059 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
51 Aye 45 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 96 shared votes
51 Aye 45 No
25 Aye 33 No
Transport 100% aligned 58 shared votes
25 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 23 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 21 No
Benefits 100% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 88% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 90% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 93% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 32 No
Trade 93% aligned 60 shared votes
26 Aye 34 No
55 Aye 81 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 136 shared votes
52 Aye 84 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
57.0%
15% below average
Rank 594 of 650
1,739
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,377
2,417 eligible divisions
847
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
636
46.2% of votes cast
892
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
741
53.8% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
43 years, 5 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

78
-16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650
Appearances
134
+39.5 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 650
122
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
Contributions
119
-45.6 vs Commons average
Rank 334 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
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
188 of 189 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Transport
74 of 98 votes
Trade
85 of 90 votes
#4
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
66 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health and Care Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 29 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
No rebel
No
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye rebel
Aye
Treasury update on international aid 13 Jul 2021
No rebel
Aye
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4L 28 Apr 2021
No rebel
Aye
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 27 Apr 2021
No rebel
Aye
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4J 27 Apr 2021
No rebel
Aye
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 4B, 4C, 4D and 4E 22 Mar 2021
No rebel
Aye
Trade Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 6B and propose amendments (a) to (c) in lieu 9 Feb 2021
Trade
No rebel
Aye
Trade Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 1B 9 Feb 2021
Trade
No rebel
No
Environment Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 39 26 Jan 2021
Environment / Climate
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
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. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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