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Lucy Powell vs Alberto Costa

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 Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,336 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,266 different votes 1,336 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
22 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
102 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 163 shared votes
65 Aye 98 No
25 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
26 Aye 74 No
Migration 4% aligned 100 shared votes
70 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 61 shared votes
28 Aye 33 No
31 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
17 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 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
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

12
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
105
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Contributions
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 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
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
199 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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