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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 164 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 162 different votes 164 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 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
26 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
3 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
26 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
3 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 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
79.5 %
7 % above average
Rank 209 of 649
191
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,877
2,361 eligible divisions
92
48.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
54.6 % of votes cast
99
51.8 % of votes cast
No votes
853
45.4 % of votes cast
1
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

33
-45.0 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 649
Appearances
45
-33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 649
42
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 525 of 649
Contributions
61
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 451 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
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35 % below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26 % above average
60
8 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

Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#1
Housing
61 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Tax
55 of 111 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Trade
3 of 7 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API