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Rupert Lowe vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Bob Blackman voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 172 shared comparable votes.

169 same votes 3 different votes 172 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 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
10 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 15 shared votes
1 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 100% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 60% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
22 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
10 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 15 shared votes
1 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 100% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

32.8%
40% below average
Rank 638 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 48 of 649
191
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,077
2,368 eligible divisions
92
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
975
46.9% of votes cast
99
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,102
53.1% of votes cast
1
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% 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
147
+67.0 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 649
42
-97.4 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 649
Contributions
173
+33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 159 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
52
8 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Tax
55 of 112 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Trade
3 of 7 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API