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Karin Smyth vs Rupert Lowe

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Rupert Lowe voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 160 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 158 different votes 160 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
6 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
28 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 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

72.4 %
same as average
Rank 371 of 649
Participation
33.2 %
39 % below average
Rank 638 of 649
1,710
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
191
575 eligible divisions
958
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
92
48.2 % of votes cast
752
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
99
51.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.5 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

105
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 650
Appearances
33
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 650
404
+265.7 vs Commons average
Rank 34 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

£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£147,223
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£147,223
35 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
60
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Tax
55 of 111 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Energy
9 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
3 of 7 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API