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Lucy Powell vs Alex Burghart

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 Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Alex Burghart voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,231 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,181 different votes 1,231 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
18 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 5% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
93 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 155 shared votes
61 Aye 94 No
26 Aye 83 No
Migration 4% aligned 109 shared votes
79 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
35 Aye 9 No
Education 2% aligned 44 shared votes
10 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
32 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
16 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 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
85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
870
48.2% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
935
51.8% 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
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

17
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649
147
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 649
Contributions
136
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 225 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
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 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 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
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
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