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Rupert Lowe vs Barry Gardiner

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


Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 111 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 102 different votes 111 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
1 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
19 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 2 No
Housing 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 2 No
Housing 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Transport 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

33.1%
40% below average
Rank 638 of 649
Participation
67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
195
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
93
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
102
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
1
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

32
-49.8 vs Commons average
Rank 539 of 649
Appearances
58
-23.8 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 649
41
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 649
Contributions
94
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 354 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
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
52
8 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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
Trade
77 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Tax
55 of 112 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Trade
3 of 7 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API