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Matt Western vs Rupert Lowe

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Rupert Lowe voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 131 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 128 different votes 131 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 5 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
23 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
0 Aye 12 No
1 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
0 Aye 12 No
1 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 331 of 648
Participation
33.5 %
40 % below average
Rank 636 of 648
1,538
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
176
526 eligible divisions
864
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
82
46.6 % of votes cast
674
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
94
53.4 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.6 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 648
Appearances
30
-30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 492 of 648
67
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 648
Contributions
33
-75.9 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£147,223
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£147,223
35 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
60
8 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Migration
145 of 161 votes
#2
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#3
Tax
53 of 108 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 40 votes
#4
Defence
10 of 22 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 43 votes
#5
Energy
7 of 17 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API