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Rupert Lowe vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Peter Dowd voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 141 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 137 different votes 141 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 3 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
24 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
0 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
13 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
0 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
13 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 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
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
195
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
93
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
102
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
1
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

34
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 649
Appearances
41
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
43
-102.9 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Contributions
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 583 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
51
8 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Tax
55 of 112 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Trade
3 of 7 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API