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Andrew Bowie vs Valerie Vaz

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 Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich

Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,362 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,291 different votes 1,362 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
68 Aye 95 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 163 shared votes
97 Aye 66 No
26 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 64 shared votes
41 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 34 No
Education 4% aligned 51 shared votes
36 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
58 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 116 shared votes
58 Aye 58 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
34 Aye 34 No
31 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
31 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 24 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Contributions
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
187 of 188 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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