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Rupert Lowe vs James Murray

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
Photograph of James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and James Murray voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 134 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 132 different votes 134 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
24 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

32.8%
39% below average
Rank 629 of 649
Participation
73.3%
2% above average
Rank 341 of 649
191
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,210
1,650 eligible divisions
92
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
644
53.2% of votes cast
99
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
566
46.8% of votes cast
1
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

33
-47.0 vs Commons average
Rank 531 of 649
Appearances
94
+14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
42
-97.4 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 649
Contributions
733
+593.6 vs Commons average
Rank 7 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
52
8 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Tax
55 of 112 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Trade
3 of 7 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
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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Voting source Commons Votes API