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Lucy Powell vs Alan Mak

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


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Alan Mak voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,356 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,296 different votes 1,356 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
28 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
106 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 166 shared votes
59 Aye 107 No
19 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
126 Aye 60 No
Tax 0% aligned 186 shared votes
60 Aye 126 No
33 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
2 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 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
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,027
2,376 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
960
47.4% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,067
52.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

17
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
Appearances
24
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 649
147
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 649
Contributions
27
-118.9 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
24
7 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API