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Rupert Lowe vs Lucy Powell

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


Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Lucy Powell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 160 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 157 different votes 160 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
10 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
1 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
1 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

33.1%
40% below average
Rank 638 of 649
Participation
65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
195
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
93
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
879
56.1% of votes cast
102
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
687
43.9% of votes cast
1
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

33
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Appearances
12
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 649
Contributions
105
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 319 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
£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£250,940
11% above average
52
8 registered categories
Registered interests
14
5 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
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Tax
55 of 112 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
Trade
3 of 7 votes
#5
Defence
51 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API