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Rupert Lowe vs Mr Clive Betts

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


Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Mr Clive Betts voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 172 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 169 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
9 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 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
24 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 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
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

33.1%
40% below average
Rank 638 of 649
Participation
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 277 of 649
195
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
93
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
102
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.9% of votes cast
1
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

33
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Appearances
57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 649
Contributions
49
-94.5 vs Commons average
Rank 509 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
£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£311,690
38% above average
52
8 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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

Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Tax
55 of 112 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Trade
3 of 7 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API