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Rupert Lowe vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 126 shared comparable votes.

121 same votes 5 different votes 126 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
16 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 100% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 100% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

34.0 %
39 % below average
Rank 635 of 647
Participation
70.4 %
3 % below average
Rank 424 of 647
183
538 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,324 eligible divisions
87
47.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
758
46.3 % of votes cast
96
52.5 % of votes cast
No votes
879
53.7 % of votes cast
1
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

31
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 647
Appearances
45
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 647
36
-79.5 vs Commons average
Rank 527 of 647
Contributions
55
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£147,223
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35 % below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
60
8 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 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
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Tax
53 of 108 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
Defence
10 of 22 votes
#4
Transport
74 of 91 votes
Energy
7 of 17 votes
#5
Education
72 of 95 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API