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Rupert Lowe vs Jeff Smith

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


Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Jeff Smith voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 178 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 176 different votes 178 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
21 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

33.1%
39% below average
Rank 637 of 650
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 210 of 650
209
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,922
2,417 eligible divisions
98
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,047
54.5% of votes cast
111
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
875
45.5% of votes cast
1
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

37
-57.5 vs Commons average
Rank 547 of 650
Appearances
56
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
46
-118.6 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 650
Contributions
72
-92.6 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£147,223
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
50
7 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
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

NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
9 of 17 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Tax
59 of 121 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
Transport
13 of 32 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API