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Rupert Lowe vs Sarah Olney

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


Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Sarah Olney voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 127 shared comparable votes.

102 same votes 25 different votes 127 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
5 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 21 No
Tax 92% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 90% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 4 No
Defence 89% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 1 No
Housing 40% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 5 No
Benefits 80% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 83% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
0 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 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
70.2%
2% below average
Rank 427 of 649
195
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
93
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
629
54.0% of votes cast
102
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
535
46.0% of votes cast
1
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

32
-49.8 vs Commons average
Rank 539 of 649
Appearances
146
+64.2 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
41
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 649
Contributions
193
+50.5 vs Commons average
Rank 137 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
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33% above average
52
8 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
47 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Tax
55 of 112 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 70 votes
Trade
3 of 7 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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