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Rupert Lowe vs Gareth Thomas
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Rupert Lowe and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 139 shared comparable votes.
1 same votes
138 different votes
139 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
33.1%
39% below average
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
205
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,599
2,405 eligible divisions
98
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
56.3% of votes cast
107
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
699
43.7% 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
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
34
-56.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
48
-42.0 vs Commons average
43
-113.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
52
-104.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£147,223
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
51
8 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API