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Bill Esterson vs Rupert Lowe

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


Voting alignment

Bill Esterson and Rupert Lowe voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 134 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 132 different votes 134 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
23 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 407 of 649
Participation
33.2 %
39 % below average
Rank 638 of 649
1,677
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
191
575 eligible divisions
942
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
92
48.2 % of votes cast
735
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
99
51.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.5 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

54
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 650
Appearances
33
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 650
77
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 650
Contributions
42
-96.3 vs Commons average
Rank 525 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£147,223
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25 % above average
Latest expenses
£147,223
35 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
60
8 registered categories
1
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
50 of 56 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#2
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Tax
55 of 111 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Energy
9 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
#5
Trade
3 of 7 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API