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Jim Allister vs Andrew Bowie

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

Photograph of Jim Allister
Jim Allister
TUV North Antrim
vs
Photograph of Andrew Bowie
Andrew Bowie
Con West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

Voting alignment

Jim Allister and Andrew Bowie voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 271 shared comparable votes.

259 same votes 12 different votes 271 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
28 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
28 Aye 39 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 7 No
Energy 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 5 No
Housing 73% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 83% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 88% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 90% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 91% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

70.0%
3% below average
Rank 431 of 649
Participation
80.4%
8% above average
Rank 189 of 649
413
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
203
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
833
48.8% of votes cast
210
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
873
51.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

195
+111.3 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 649
Appearances
71
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 649
255
+109.1 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 649
Contributions
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£209,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,982,147
all imported IPSA years
£209,116
8% below average
Latest expenses
£339,342
50% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
1
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
187 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Tax
90 of 112 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 87 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 29 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 27 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 8 Sept 2025
Housing
No
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 19 8 Sept 2025
Housing
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Third Reading 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
draft Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024 21 Jan 2025
No
Aye
Renters' Rights Bill: Third Reading 14 Jan 2025
Housing
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
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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