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Rupert Lowe vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 118 shared comparable votes.

117 same votes 1 different votes 118 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
22 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 4 No
Defence 100% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 4 No
Defence 100% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

33.5 %
40 % below average
Rank 636 of 648
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
176
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
82
46.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
47.3 % of votes cast
94
53.4 % of votes cast
No votes
984
52.7 % of votes cast
1
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

30
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 493 of 648
Appearances
62
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 648
33
-76.3 vs Commons average
Rank 532 of 648
Contributions
79
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£147,223
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
60
8 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
0
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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Tax
53 of 108 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Defence
10 of 22 votes
#4
Energy
7 of 17 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API