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Cat Smith vs Rupert Lowe

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith 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
4 Aye 1 No
Benefits 20% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
23 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
1 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
1 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 2 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
Participation
33.1%
40% below average
Rank 638 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
195
590 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
93
47.7% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
102
52.3% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

20
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
34
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 649
26
-119.9 vs Commons average
Rank 592 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

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£147,223
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£147,223
35% below average
1
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Tax
55 of 112 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Energy
9 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
3 of 7 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API