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Ian Lavery vs Rupert Lowe

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


Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Rupert Lowe voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 156 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 151 different votes 156 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
3 Aye 1 No
Benefits 25% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 3 No
Education 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
1 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
1 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

76.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 283 of 649
Participation
33.2 %
39 % below average
Rank 638 of 649
1,799
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
191
575 eligible divisions
1,002
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
92
48.2 % of votes cast
797
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
99
51.8 % of votes cast
21
1.2 % 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

79
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
Appearances
33
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 650
107
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 286 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

£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£147,223
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£147,223
35 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
60
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

Defence
66 of 71 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Housing
61 of 66 votes
#2
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Tax
55 of 111 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Energy
9 of 20 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#5
Trade
3 of 7 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API