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Kerry McCarthy vs Rupert Lowe

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Rupert Lowe voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 157 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 156 different votes 157 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
28 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 2 No
Education 0% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 2 No
Education 0% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 221 of 649
Participation
33.2 %
39 % below average
Rank 638 of 649
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
191
575 eligible divisions
1,049
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
92
48.2 % of votes cast
818
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
99
51.8 % of votes cast
6
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.5 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

75
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650
Appearances
33
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 650
102
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 306 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

£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£147,223
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£147,223
35 % below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
60
8 registered categories
7
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Tax
55 of 111 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#4
Energy
9 of 20 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#5
Trade
3 of 7 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API