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Lucy Powell vs Ben Maguire

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 Maguire
Ben Maguire
LD North Cornwall

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Ben Maguire voted the same way 18% of the time, based on 247 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 203 different votes 247 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
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 39% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 36% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 3 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 4% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 6% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
25 Aye 25 No
Tax 6% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 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

65.9 %
7 % below average
Rank 503 of 649
Participation
60.9 %
12 % below average
Rank 568 of 649
1,555
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
350
575 eligible divisions
875
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
189
54.0 % of votes cast
680
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
161
46.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

6
-71.9 vs Commons average
Rank 622 of 650
Appearances
96
+18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 650
96
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 650
Contributions
109
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 278 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
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21 % below average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2025 21 Jan 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill: Second Reading 16 Sep 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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