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Gareth Thomas vs Rupert Lowe

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Rupert Lowe voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 130 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 129 different votes 130 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 6 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
29 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
5 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
5 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

66.4 %
6 % below average
Rank 493 of 649
Participation
33.2 %
39 % below average
Rank 638 of 649
1,568
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
191
575 eligible divisions
894
57.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
92
48.2 % of votes cast
674
43.0 % 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
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

40
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 495 of 650
Appearances
33
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 650
45
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 516 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

£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£147,223
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£147,223
35 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
60
8 registered categories
14
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

Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Tax
55 of 111 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Energy
9 of 20 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
3 of 7 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API