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Rupert Lowe vs Jayne Kirkham

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 Jayne Kirkham
Jayne Kirkham
Lab Truro and Falmouth

Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Jayne Kirkham voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 175 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 173 different votes 175 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
25 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
1 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
1 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

33.2 %
39 % below average
Rank 638 of 649
Participation
82.4 %
10 % above average
Rank 145 of 649
191
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
474
575 eligible divisions
92
48.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
242
51.1 % of votes cast
99
51.8 % of votes cast
No votes
232
48.9 % of votes cast
1
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-45.0 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 649
Appearances
189
+111.0 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 649
42
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 525 of 649
Contributions
230
+91.5 vs Commons average
Rank 99 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
£143,536
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35 % below average
Latest expenses
£143,536
37 % below average
60
8 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Tax
55 of 111 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Trade
3 of 7 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 30 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 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
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
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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