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Rupert Lowe vs Christian Wakeford

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

Photograph of Rupert Lowe
Rupert Lowe
RB Great Yarmouth
vs
Photograph of Christian Wakeford
Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South

Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Christian Wakeford voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 187 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 185 different votes 187 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
25 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 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
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 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
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% 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 637 of 650
Participation
86.5%
14% above average
Rank 63 of 650
209
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,470
1,699 eligible divisions
98
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
704
47.9% of votes cast
111
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
766
52.1% of votes cast
1
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

37
-57.5 vs Commons average
Rank 547 of 650
Appearances
1
-93.5 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 650
46
-118.6 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 650
Contributions
1
-163.6 vs Commons average
Rank 634 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
£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£335,718
48% above average
50
7 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
9 of 17 votes
#2
Defence
69 of 70 votes
Tax
59 of 121 votes
#3
Work / Employment
66 of 70 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Transport
13 of 32 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API