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Harriet Cross vs Lucy Powell

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

Photograph of Harriet Cross
Harriet Cross
Con Gordon and Buchan
vs
Photograph of Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central

Voting alignment

Harriet Cross and Lucy Powell voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 265 different votes 272 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
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
33 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
33 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

72.9%
same as average
Rank 360 of 649
Participation
65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
430
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
202
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
879
56.1% of votes cast
228
53.0% 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

121
+37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 649
Appearances
17
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
207
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
Contributions
147
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£178,612
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
£178,612
21% below average
Latest expenses
£250,940
11% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Tax
99 of 112 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#5
Defence
51 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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