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Rupert Lowe vs Karin Smyth

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 Karin Smyth
Karin Smyth
Lab Bristol South

Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Karin Smyth voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 172 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 170 different votes 172 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
8 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
1 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
15 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
1 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
15 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 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 638 of 650
Participation
72.6%
same as average
Rank 365 of 650
205
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,746
2,405 eligible divisions
98
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
973
55.7% of votes cast
107
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
773
44.3% of votes cast
1
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

34
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 543 of 650
Appearances
120
+31.1 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 650
43
-111.7 vs Commons average
Rank 543 of 650
Contributions
452
+297.3 vs Commons average
Rank 30 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
£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£291,769
29% above average
51
8 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
9 of 17 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Tax
56 of 114 votes
#3
Transport
80 of 96 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
Transport
12 of 30 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
68 of 82 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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