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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.


Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Karin Smyth voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 154 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 152 different votes 154 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
19 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
1 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
1 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

33.5 %
39 % below average
Rank 635 of 647
Participation
72.4 %
1 % below average
Rank 376 of 647
183
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,688
2,333 eligible divisions
87
47.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
945
56.0 % of votes cast
96
52.5 % of votes cast
No votes
743
44.0 % of votes cast
1
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

31
-35.4 vs Commons average
Rank 506 of 647
Appearances
94
+27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 647
36
-82.1 vs Commons average
Rank 525 of 647
Contributions
290
+171.9 vs Commons average
Rank 47 of 647

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
60
8 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
Education
81 of 95 votes
Tax
53 of 108 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Energy
7 of 17 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
14 of 37 votes
#5
Transport
75 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API