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Rupert Lowe vs Blair McDougall

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


Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Blair McDougall voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 138 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 130 different votes 138 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
22 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 372 of 649
195
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
590 eligible divisions
93
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
50.8% of votes cast
102
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
210
49.2% of votes cast
1
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 649
Contributions
307
+163.5 vs Commons average
Rank 55 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
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
52
8 registered categories
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Tax
55 of 112 votes
#3
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Trade
3 of 7 votes
#5
Transport
24 of 29 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