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Rupert Lowe vs Kerry McCarthy

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 Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East

Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 157 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 156 different votes 157 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
23 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
1 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
15 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
1 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
15 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

32.8%
39% below average
Rank 629 of 649
Participation
79.1%
7% above average
Rank 219 of 649
191
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,872
2,368 eligible divisions
92
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,050
56.1% of votes cast
99
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
822
43.9% of votes cast
1
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

33
-47.0 vs Commons average
Rank 531 of 649
Appearances
79
-1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
42
-97.4 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 649
Contributions
107
-32.4 vs Commons average
Rank 297 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
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37% above average
52
8 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Tax
55 of 112 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Education
84 of 96 votes
Trade
3 of 7 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 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 19 14 Jul 2026
No
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
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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