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Rupert Lowe vs Cat Smith

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


Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Cat Smith voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 141 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 139 different votes 141 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
0 Aye 5 No
Benefits 20% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
18 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 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
72.5%
1% above average
Rank 360 of 649
191
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,716
2,368 eligible divisions
92
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
928
54.1% of votes cast
99
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
788
45.9% of votes cast
1
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

33
-47.0 vs Commons average
Rank 531 of 649
Appearances
18
-62.0 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 649
42
-97.4 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 649
Contributions
25
-114.4 vs Commons average
Rank 584 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
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
52
8 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Tax
55 of 112 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Trade
3 of 7 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API