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Andrew Bowie vs Torsten Bell

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Torsten Bell voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 265 different votes 272 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
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 10% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
31 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
33 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
33 Aye 31 No
3 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
23 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 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
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 387 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
423
590 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
54.1% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
194
45.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

71
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 649
Appearances
66
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 649
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
Contributions
188
+42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 148 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
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API