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Douglas Lumsden vs Andrew Bowie

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

Photograph of Douglas Lumsden
Douglas Lumsden
Con Aberdeen South
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Photograph of Andrew Bowie
Andrew Bowie
Con West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

Voting alignment

Douglas Lumsden and Andrew Bowie voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 61 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 0 different votes 61 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
9 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 6 No
Trade 100% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 4 No
Transport 100% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 6 No
Trade 100% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 4 No
Transport 100% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

78.6%
6% above average
Rank 231 of 650
Participation
80.4%
8% above average
Rank 188 of 650
66
84 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,739
2,162 eligible divisions
31
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
847
48.7% of votes cast
35
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
892
51.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
4 months
Since 18 Jun 2026
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

86
-8.2 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 650
Appearances
78
-16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650
140
-24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
Contributions
122
-42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,982,147
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£339,342
50% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 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

Foreign Affairs
13 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 189 votes
Trade
6 of 6 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
5 of 5 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#4
Trade
85 of 90 votes
Environment / Climate
4 of 4 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

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
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API