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Nick Smith vs Rupert Lowe

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Rupert Lowe voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 159 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 156 different votes 159 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
26 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 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
7 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 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
7 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 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 318 of 649
Participation
33.2 %
39 % below average
Rank 638 of 649
1,767
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
191
575 eligible divisions
1,012
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
92
48.2 % of votes cast
755
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
99
51.8 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.5 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

91
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
Appearances
33
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 650
119
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 239 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

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£147,223
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£147,223
35 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
60
8 registered categories
2
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

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Tax
55 of 111 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Energy
9 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
3 of 7 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API