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Rupert Lowe vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Catherine West voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 112 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 109 different votes 112 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
5 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
3 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
3 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 5 No
Benefits 0% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 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
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
195
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
93
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
102
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
1
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

34
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 649
Appearances
49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
43
-102.9 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Contributions
60
-85.9 vs Commons average
Rank 475 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
51
8 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Tax
55 of 112 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Trade
3 of 7 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API