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Alison Hume vs Lucy Powell

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

Photograph of Alison Hume
Alison Hume
Lab Scarborough and Whitby
vs
Photograph of Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central

Voting alignment

Alison Hume and Lucy Powell voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 340 shared comparable votes.

336 same votes 4 different votes 340 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
35 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
35 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 67% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
35 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
35 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

77.7%
5% above average
Rank 251 of 650
Participation
66.2%
6% below average
Rank 496 of 650
490
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,417 eligible divisions
229
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
56.1% of votes cast
261
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
703
43.9% of votes cast
4
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

103
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 650
Appearances
26
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
127
-37.6 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650
Contributions
257
+92.4 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£231,319
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
£231,319
2% above average
Latest expenses
£250,940
11% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
0
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Defence
32 of 34 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API