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Lucy Powell vs Alistair Strathern

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 Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 434 shared comparable votes.

434 same votes 0 different votes 434 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
51 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
51 Aye 37 No
17 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
51 Aye 37 No
17 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 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
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
759 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
294
48.8% 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, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

12
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
Appearances
64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649
105
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Contributions
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 427 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
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 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
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
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
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