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Rupert Lowe vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Paula Barker voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 175 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 170 different votes 175 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
0 Aye 5 No
Benefits 20% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 7 No
Education 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
1 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
15 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 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
4 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 2 No
Housing 0% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 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
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
195
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
93
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
102
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
1
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

34
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 649
Appearances
80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 649
43
-102.9 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Contributions
82
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 399 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
51
8 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Housing
52 of 54 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Tax
55 of 112 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Trade
3 of 7 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API