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Rupert Lowe vs Sonia Kumar

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


Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 171 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 169 different votes 171 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 5 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
24 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
1 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
12 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
1 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
12 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 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
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 649
195
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
93
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
51.9% of votes cast
102
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
234
48.1% of votes cast
1
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% 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
103
+20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 649
Contributions
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 293 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
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
52
8 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Tax
55 of 112 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
3 of 7 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API