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Rupert Lowe vs Emily Thornberry

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


Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 126 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 124 different votes 126 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
18 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
0 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
13 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
0 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
13 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 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
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
195
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
93
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
102
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.5% of votes cast
1
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

33
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Appearances
78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 649
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 649
Contributions
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 238 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
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
52
8 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
167 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Tax
55 of 112 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Trade
3 of 7 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API