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Rupert Lowe vs Ed Miliband

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
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Ed Miliband
Lab Doncaster North

Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Ed Miliband voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 71 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 69 different votes 71 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
9 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 4 No
Benefits 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 4 No
Benefits 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 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
55.0%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 649
195
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
93
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
724
55.4% of votes cast
102
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
583
44.6% of votes cast
1
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

34
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 649
Appearances
58
-25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 649
43
-102.9 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Contributions
662
+516.1 vs Commons average
Rank 10 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
£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£221,136
2% below average
51
8 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
129 of 171 votes
Tax
55 of 112 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
Trade
3 of 7 votes
#5
Trade
60 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
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
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