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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 185 shared comparable votes.

182 same votes 3 different votes 185 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
23 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 53 shared votes
23 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 7 No
Transport 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 60% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
23 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 53 shared votes
23 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

33.1%
39% below average
Rank 638 of 650
Participation
87.4%
15% above average
Rank 49 of 650
205
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,103
2,405 eligible divisions
98
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
988
47.0% of votes cast
107
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,115
53.0% of votes cast
1
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

34
-54.8 vs Commons average
Rank 543 of 650
Appearances
155
+66.2 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
43
-111.6 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
Contributions
184
+29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650

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
51
8 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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

NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
212 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
9 of 17 votes
#2
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Tax
56 of 114 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Transport
12 of 30 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API