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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 122 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 121 different votes 122 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
7 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
3 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
3 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

33.5 %
40 % below average
Rank 636 of 648
Participation
66.2 %
7 % below average
Rank 501 of 648
176
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,531
2,312 eligible divisions
82
46.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
879
57.4 % of votes cast
94
53.4 % of votes cast
No votes
652
42.6 % of votes cast
1
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

30
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 493 of 648
Appearances
49
-11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 648
33
-76.3 vs Commons average
Rank 532 of 648
Contributions
131
+21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 648

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
60
8 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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

Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
136 of 169 votes
Tax
53 of 108 votes
#3
Defence
47 of 59 votes
Defence
10 of 22 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 88 votes
Energy
7 of 17 votes
#5
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API