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Lucy Powell vs Ben Coleman

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 Ben Coleman
Ben Coleman
Lab Chelsea and Fulham

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Ben Coleman voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 294 shared comparable votes.

286 same votes 8 different votes 294 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
32 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

66.2%
6% below average
Rank 495 of 650
Participation
67.1%
5% below average
Rank 471 of 650
1,603
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
636 eligible divisions
900
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
230
53.9% of votes cast
703
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
197
46.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.0% of votes cast
14 years, 0 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

26
-71.0 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 650
Appearances
50
-47.0 vs Commons average
Rank 493 of 650
257
+87.8 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 650
Contributions
87
-82.2 vs Commons average
Rank 441 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
£186,638
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£186,638
17% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
70 of 80 votes
#1
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
#3
Work / Employment
35 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Benefits
26 of 32 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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