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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 139 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 136 different votes 139 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 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
0 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
0 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

74.1%
1% above average
Rank 331 of 649
Participation
33.1%
40% below average
Rank 638 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
195
590 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
93
47.7% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
102
52.3% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.5% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

93
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 649
Appearances
34
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 649
109
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 649
Contributions
43
-102.9 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649

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
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
51
8 registered categories
3
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
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Tax
55 of 112 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Energy
9 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Trade
3 of 7 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API