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Fred Thomas vs Lucy Powell

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

Photograph of Fred Thomas
Fred Thomas
Lab Plymouth Moor View
vs
Photograph of Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central

Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Lucy Powell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 289 shared comparable votes.

289 same votes 0 different votes 289 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
40 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
40 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
25 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
40 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
25 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

68.1%
4% below average
Rank 460 of 649
Participation
65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
234
58.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
879
56.1% of votes cast
168
41.8% of votes cast
No votes
687
43.9% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 650
Appearances
17
-66.6 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 650
59
-86.7 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 650
Contributions
147
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£225,625
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£250,940
11% above average
6
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

Housing
31 of 32 votes
#1
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Tax
90 of 112 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
51 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

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
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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
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