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Lucy Powell vs Alison Bennett

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 Alison Bennett
Alison Bennett
LD Mid Sussex

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Alison Bennett voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 295 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 234 different votes 295 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
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 78% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 39% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 25 No
Tax 5% aligned 60 shared votes
28 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 15 No
Education 6% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 5 No
Transport 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 11% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 12% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

66.0%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 650
Participation
71.8%
1% below average
Rank 388 of 650
1,571
2,381 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
595 eligible divisions
881
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
53.6% of votes cast
690
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
198
46.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

22
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 650
Appearances
142
+57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 650
189
+41.3 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 650
Contributions
164
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 183 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
£141,775
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£141,775
37% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 70 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Education
40 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
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