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Andrew Bowie vs Sonia Kumar

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 Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 337 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 330 different votes 337 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
5 Aye 16 No
Benefits 14% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 5% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
45 Aye 33 No
5 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 129 of 650
1,739
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
525
631 eligible divisions
847
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
272
51.8% of votes cast
892
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
253
48.2% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

78
-16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650
Appearances
116
+21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 650
122
-42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 650
Contributions
134
-30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 289 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
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
85 of 90 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
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
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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