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Rupert Lowe vs Torsten Bell

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

Photograph of Rupert Lowe
Rupert Lowe
RB Great Yarmouth
vs
Photograph of Torsten Bell
Torsten Bell
Lab Swansea West

Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Torsten Bell voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 141 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 139 different votes 141 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
20 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
11 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
11 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Defence 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

32.8%
39% below average
Rank 629 of 649
Participation
71.5%
same as average
Rank 382 of 649
191
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
416
582 eligible divisions
92
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
227
54.6% of votes cast
99
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
189
45.4% of votes cast
1
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-47.0 vs Commons average
Rank 531 of 649
Appearances
67
-13.0 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
42
-97.4 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 649
Contributions
268
+128.6 vs Commons average
Rank 65 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
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33% below average
52
8 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Tax
55 of 112 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Trade
3 of 7 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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