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Lucy Powell vs Alan Gemmell

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

Photograph of Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central
vs
Photograph of Alan Gemmell
Alan Gemmell
Lab Central Ayrshire

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Alan Gemmell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

338 same votes 0 different votes 338 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 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
40 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
40 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 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

65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 207 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
470
590 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
52.3% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
224
47.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

17
-66.6 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 650
Appearances
59
-24.6 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 650
147
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 650
Contributions
68
-77.7 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£170,626
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£170,626
25% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#1
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 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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