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Rupert Lowe vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Bill Esterson voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 134 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 132 different votes 134 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
4 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
1 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
15 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
1 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
15 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 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

32.8%
39% below average
Rank 629 of 649
Participation
71.1%
1% below average
Rank 400 of 649
191
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,683
2,368 eligible divisions
92
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
56.0% of votes cast
99
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
740
44.0% of votes cast
1
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

33
-47.0 vs Commons average
Rank 531 of 649
Appearances
58
-22.0 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 649
42
-97.4 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 649
Contributions
81
-58.4 vs Commons average
Rank 391 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
52
8 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
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
3 of 4 votes
#1
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Tax
55 of 112 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Trade
3 of 7 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API