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Claire Young vs Lucy Powell

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

Photograph of Claire Young
Claire Young
LD Thornbury and Yate
vs
Photograph of Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central

Voting alignment

Claire Young and Lucy Powell voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 290 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 224 different votes 290 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
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 78% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 60% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 50% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 7 No
Housing 39% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 33 No
Tax 5% aligned 59 shared votes
36 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 21 No
Education 5% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 4 No
Transport 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 11% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 12% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

73.2%
1% above average
Rank 355 of 649
Participation
65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
432
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
231
53.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
879
56.1% of votes cast
201
46.5% of votes cast
No votes
687
43.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

145
+60.2 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 650
Appearances
22
-62.8 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 650
170
+22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 650
Contributions
189
+41.3 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£203,164
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
£203,164
10% below average
Latest expenses
£250,940
11% above average
4
2 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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
51 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
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