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Jo Platt vs Rupert Lowe

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

Photograph of Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton
vs
Photograph of Rupert Lowe
Rupert Lowe
RB Great Yarmouth

Voting alignment

Jo Platt and Rupert Lowe voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 161 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 159 different votes 161 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
7 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
28 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
5 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
5 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

77.8%
5% above average
Rank 251 of 650
Participation
32.6%
40% below average
Rank 638 of 650
470
604 eligible divisions
Total votes
197
604 eligible divisions
237
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
95
48.2% of votes cast
233
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
102
51.8% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

32
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 650
Appearances
34
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 650
53
-98.4 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 650
Contributions
43
-108.4 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£766,743
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£147,223
all imported IPSA years
£208,190
8% below average
Latest expenses
£147,223
35% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
51
8 registered categories
0
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
3 of 5 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Tax
56 of 114 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Energy
9 of 20 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#5
Work / Employment
16 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API