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Rupert Lowe vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 122 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 120 different votes 122 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
11 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 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
65.1 %
8 % below average
Rank 516 of 649
187
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
693
1,065 eligible divisions
90
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
382
55.1 % of votes cast
97
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
311
44.9 % of votes cast
1
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 0 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

30
-45.1 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Appearances
76
+0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
35
-98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 649
Contributions
184
+50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 132 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
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35 % below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42 % above average
60
8 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
27 of 29 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Tax
55 of 111 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 43 votes
Transport
11 of 29 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API