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Rupert Lowe vs Andy McDonald

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


Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Andy McDonald voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 160 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 151 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
0 Aye 5 No
Benefits 20% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 7 No
Education 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
1 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
1 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 5 No
Energy 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

33.1%
40% below average
Rank 638 of 649
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
195
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
93
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
996
55.5% of votes cast
102
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
798
44.5% of votes cast
1
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

33
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Appearances
89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 649
Contributions
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£147,223
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
52
8 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
3 of 4 votes
#1
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Tax
55 of 112 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Trade
3 of 7 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API