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Lucy Powell vs Bill Esterson

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Bill Esterson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,329 shared comparable votes.

1,328 same votes 1 different votes 1,329 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
115 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 177 shared votes
115 Aye 62 No
104 Aye 53 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 157 shared votes
104 Aye 53 No
55 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 121 shared votes
55 Aye 66 No
25 Aye 76 No
Migration 100% aligned 101 shared votes
25 Aye 76 No
31 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 32 No
Trade 98% aligned 61 shared votes
28 Aye 33 No
115 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 177 shared votes
115 Aye 62 No
104 Aye 53 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 157 shared votes
104 Aye 53 No
55 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 121 shared votes
55 Aye 66 No
25 Aye 76 No
Migration 100% aligned 101 shared votes
25 Aye 76 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
71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 407 of 649
1,555
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,677
2,361 eligible divisions
875
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
942
56.2 % of votes cast
680
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
735
43.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

6
-71.9 vs Commons average
Rank 622 of 650
Appearances
54
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 650
96
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 650
Contributions
77
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,425,912
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£249,415
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25 % above average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API