Official portrait of Andrew Bowie

Andrew Bowie

Conservative MP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, since 8 June 2017

Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland

Andrew Bowie is the Conservative MP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017. He currently undertakes the roles of Shadow Minister (Energy Security and Net Zero), and Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland.

Scorecard

63.0% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
362 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
213 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
6 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
519 Debates spoken in 681 written questions tabled

Ranked 467 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 49 No 332–160
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48 No 328–160
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 47 No 327–164
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 46 No 314–178
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 23 No 329–163
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8 No 316–172
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 No 330–158
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No 326–160
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading No 362–87
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 Aye 153–300
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 23 Aye 158–297
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 58 Aye 92–364
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No vote 69–300
9 Sep 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Second Reading No 330–179
9 Sep 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Reasoned Amendment Aye 116–333
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 64 No 335–160
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 53 No 401–96
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 No 325–171
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 No 404–98
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 19 No 336–158
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 18 No 402–97
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 No 398–93
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No vote 338–74
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No vote 331–73
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No vote 336–77

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

£20,000

Name of donor: Alasdair J D Locke
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000 to cover the cost of salary for a member of staff
Donor status: individual
(Registered 14 May 2026)

On the register since 19 May 2026

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Silverstone Circuit Ltd
Address of donor: Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, Northamptonshire NN12 8TN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets including hospitality at Silverstone Circuit for the British GP (£550 each), value £1,100
Date received: 3 July 2026
Date accepted: 3 July 2026
Donor status: company, registration 00882843
(Registered 10 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Conservative Friends of Israel Ltd
Address of donor: Conservative Friends of Israel Ltd, PO Box 72288, London SW1P 9LB
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Air travel, accommodation and hospitality (value has been estimated), value £4,220
Destination of visit: Israel (Israel and the Palestinian Authority)
Dates of visit: 25 August 2025 to 29 August 2025
Purpose of visit: Fact finding political delegation
(Registered 7 September 2025)

On the register since 17 Sep 2025

Name of donor: Stockholm Chamber of Commerce
Address of donor: Regeringsgatan 29, 111 53 Stockholm
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£495), accommodation (£230), food and beverages at event (estimated £80), value £805
Destination of visit: Sweden
Dates of visit: 20 August 2025 to 22 August 2025
Purpose of visit: Engagement with Swedish businesses investing in UK
(Registered 15 September 2025)

On the register since 17 Sep 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party.
Date interest arose: 28 July 2019
(Registered 11 January 2021; updated 30 July 2021)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

Unpaid director of Conservative Union Research Unit Ltd, which will provide research and briefings to Members on topics related to strengthening the union of the United Kingdom.
Date interest arose: 14 June 2021
(Registered 29 July 2021)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

519 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £4,220 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
25 Aug 2025 Mr Andrew Bowie sitting MP Conservative Friends of Israel Other Visit £4,220

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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