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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 151 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 149 different votes 151 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

33.1%
39% below average
Rank 638 of 650
Participation
72.0%
same as average
Rank 382 of 650
205
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,732
2,405 eligible divisions
98
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
935
54.0% of votes cast
107
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
797
46.0% of votes cast
1
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

34
-56.0 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 650
Appearances
26
-64.0 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 650
43
-113.6 vs Commons average
Rank 543 of 650
Contributions
31
-125.6 vs Commons average
Rank 585 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
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
51
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

NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
9 of 17 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Tax
56 of 114 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
Transport
12 of 30 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API