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Alex Sobel vs Rupert Lowe

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Rupert Lowe voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 144 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 142 different votes 144 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
5 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
0 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
0 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

71.7%
1% below average
Rank 388 of 649
Participation
33.1%
40% below average
Rank 638 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
195
590 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
93
47.7% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
102
52.3% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.5% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

114
+30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 649
Appearances
34
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 649
142
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 649
Contributions
43
-102.9 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£147,223
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£147,223
35% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
51
8 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

NHS / Health
47 of 52 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Tax
55 of 112 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Energy
9 of 20 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
3 of 7 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API