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Sir Julian Smith vs Rupert Lowe

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Rupert Lowe voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 138 shared comparable votes.

134 same votes 4 different votes 138 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 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 100% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 7 shared votes
0 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 100% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 7 shared votes
0 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

77.3 %
4 % above average
Rank 269 of 648
Participation
33.5 %
40 % below average
Rank 636 of 648
1,788
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
176
526 eligible divisions
854
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
82
46.6 % of votes cast
934
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
94
53.4 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

59
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 648
Appearances
30
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 648
73
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 648
Contributions
33
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 531 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£147,223
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£147,223
35 % below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
60
8 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

Defence
52 of 59 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Energy
59 of 67 votes
#2
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Tax
53 of 108 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#4
Defence
10 of 22 votes
Crime / Justice
190 of 229 votes
#5
Energy
7 of 17 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API