About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Andrew Bowie) represents you, and all of the people who live in West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Conservative MP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 2017 — General election

• Personal website

Social Media

• @AndrewBowieMP
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Ministry of Defence
• Scotland Office
• Treasury
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• University Officer Training Corps: Aberdeen
• Harland and Wolff: Contracts
• Offshore Industry: North Sea
• University Royal Naval Units: Aberdeen
• University Royal Naval Units: Glasgow

Currently held offices

• Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland (since 5 Nov 2024)
• Shadow Minister (Energy Security and Net Zero) (since 19 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Great British Energy Bill Committee (11 Sep 2024 to 15 Oct 2024)
• Shadow Minister (Veterans) ( 8 Jul 2024 to 5 Nov 2024)
• Member, Energy Bill [HL] Committee (17 May 2023 to 29 Jun 2023)
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) ( 7 Feb 2023 to 5 Jul 2024)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for International Trade) (28 Oct 2022 to 7 Feb 2023)
• Member, Defence Committee (25 Oct 2022 to 8 Nov 2022)
• Member, Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill Committee ( 7 Sep 2022 to 18 Oct 2022)
• Member, Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill Committee (22 Jun 2022 to 7 Jul 2022)
• Member, Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL] Committee ( 9 Feb 2022 to 10 Feb 2022)
• Member, Subsidy Control Bill Committee (20 Oct 2021 to 18 Nov 2021)
• Member, Scottish Affairs Committee ( 4 May 2020 to 8 Nov 2022)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (16 Oct 2017 to 4 Jun 2018)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Stuart Donaldson
• Robert Smith

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Great British Energy Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Energy Bill Committee (18 out of 18)
• Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Subsidy Control Bill Committee (10 out of 11)
• Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Domestic Abuse Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Fisheries Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• National Security and Investment Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
• Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Space Industry Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Devolution (Immigration) (Scotland) Bill 25 Apr 2025

  So far there is very little in what the Secretary of State is saying that I can disagree with. If he does believe that the Bill is unnecessary, why are his Government adopting tactics today to avoid a vote on it? Why do they not have courage of their convictions and vote it down?

• Devolution (Immigration) (Scotland) Bill 25 Apr 2025

  It is a pleasure to speak in this debate, and I must thank the hon. Member for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry (Stephen Gethins) for introducing it. It is a shame that only six Scottish Labour MPs have seen fit to turn up to the debate, given their majority in representing Scottish constituencies, but I will move on to the Scottish Labour position on the Bill in due course. Some 40% of Scottish...

• Devolution (Immigration) (Scotland) Bill 25 Apr 2025

  It is always a pleasure to give way to the hon. Gentleman.

More of Andrew Bowie’s recent appearances

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