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Rupert Lowe vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Nick Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 155 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 152 different votes 155 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 6 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
1 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
1 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

32.9 %
40 % below average
Rank 637 of 649
Participation
74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 321 of 649
187
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,760
2,354 eligible divisions
90
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,009
57.3 % of votes cast
97
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
751
42.7 % of votes cast
1
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

30
-45.1 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Appearances
91
+15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
35
-98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 649
Contributions
119
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 229 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
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35 % below average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11 % above average
60
8 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
89 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
Tax
55 of 111 votes
#3
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Transport
11 of 29 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API