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Ms Diane Abbott vs Andrew Bowie

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Andrew Bowie voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,146 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 1,079 different votes 1,146 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
24 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
94 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 158 shared votes
66 Aye 92 No
53 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 112 shared votes
60 Aye 52 No
18 Aye 20 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 9 No
Energy 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

64.1%
9% below average
Rank 531 of 649
Participation
80.4%
8% above average
Rank 189 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
833
48.8% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
873
51.2% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

21
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649
Appearances
70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
Contributions
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,702,592
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,982,147
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£339,342
50% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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

Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
187 of 188 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 87 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API