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Rupert Lowe vs Sam Carling

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


Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Sam Carling voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 176 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 173 different votes 176 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
25 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 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
25 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 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
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
89.2%
17% above average
Rank 26 of 649
195
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
526
590 eligible divisions
93
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
275
52.3% of votes cast
102
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
251
47.7% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Appearances
58
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 649
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 649
Contributions
76
-67.5 vs Commons average
Rank 416 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
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£150,223
34% below average
52
8 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Tax
55 of 112 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Trade
3 of 7 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API