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Joe Powell vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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

Photograph of Joe Powell
Joe Powell
Lab Kensington and Bayswater
vs
Photograph of Sir Geoffrey Cox
Sir Geoffrey Cox
Con Torridge and Tavistock

Voting alignment

Joe Powell and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 165 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 163 different votes 165 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
5 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
25 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

74.2 %
1 % above average
Rank 335 of 647
Participation
66.3 %
7 % below average
Rank 498 of 647
406
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,547
2,333 eligible divisions
191
47.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
723
46.7 % of votes cast
215
53.0 % of votes cast
No votes
824
53.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

61
-5.4 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 647
Appearances
4
-62.4 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 647
90
-28.1 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 647
Contributions
9
-109.1 vs Commons average
Rank 622 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£214,410
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£214,410
5 % below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
13
3 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

Defence
27 of 27 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Trade
71 of 88 votes
Migration
10 of 11 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 37 votes
#4
Migration
125 of 169 votes
Energy
15 of 17 votes
#5
Defence
46 of 64 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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