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Rupert Lowe vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Hilary Benn voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 128 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 126 different votes 128 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
5 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
6 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
195
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
93
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
102
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% 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
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

33
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 649
Contributions
461
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 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
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
52
8 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Tax
55 of 112 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
3 of 7 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API