Andrew Bowie, MP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Andrew Bowie has been an MP since 2017. Currently: Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for International Trade) (Department for International Trade) | 2022 to 2023 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland (Scotland Office) | 2024 to 2026 | |
| Shadow Minister (Energy Security and Net Zero) (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) | 2024 to 2026 | |
| Shadow Minister (Veterans) (Ministry of Defence) | 2024 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Great British Energy Bill | 2024 | |
| Energy Bill [HL] | 2023 | |
| Defence Committee | 2022 | |
| Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill | 2022 | |
| Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill | 2022 | |
| Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL] | 2022 | |
| Subsidy Control Bill | 2021 | |
| Scottish Affairs Committee | 2020 to 2022 |
Show the other 1
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Work and Pensions Committee | 2017 to 2018 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Andrew Bowie has 6 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Silverstone Circuit Ltd - £1,100.00 | 10 Jul 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Alasdair J D Locke - £20,000.00 | 14 May 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Sweden between 20 August 2025 and 22 August 2025 | 15 Sep 2025 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Israel between 25 August 2025 and 29 August 2025 | 7 Sep 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | 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. | 29 Jul 2021 |
| Miscellaneous | Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party. | 11 Jan 2021 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Andrew Bowie asked 98 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
47 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Andrew Bowie represents West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Andrew Bowie won with 36% of the votes, and Glen Reynolds (Scottish National Party) came second with 29%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Bowie | Conservative | 17,428 | 35.6% |
| Glen Reynolds | Scottish National Party | 13,987 | 28.6% |
| Kate Blake | Labour | 6,397 | 13.1% |
| Michael Turvey | Liberal Democrat | 6,342 | 13.0% |
| Brandon Innes | Reform UK | 3,497 | 7.1% |
| William Linegar | Scottish Green Party | 1,032 | 2.1% |
| Iris Leask | Independent | 219 | 0.4% |
| David Neill | Independent | 56 | 0.1% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Andrew Bowie took part in 166 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Andrew Bowie voted the same way as their party in 161 of the 162 votes where parties gave instructions (99%), and went the other way in 1.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Times they voted against their party (1)
| Date | Vote | They voted | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Dec | Pensions: a proposed change | Against | For |
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 94% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this