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Lucy Powell vs Brendan O'Hara

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 Brendan O'Hara
Brendan O'Hara
SNP Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Brendan O'Hara voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 950 shared comparable votes.

870 same votes 80 different votes 950 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
23 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 10 No
Transport 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 9 No
Energy 75% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
102 Aye 42 No
Tax 76% aligned 144 shared votes
98 Aye 46 No
27 Aye 19 No
Benefits 80% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 84% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 11 No
Defence 85% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

65.8 %
7 % below average
Rank 507 of 648
Participation
58.6 %
15 % below average
Rank 588 of 648
1,522
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,355
2,312 eligible divisions
860
56.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
745
55.0 % of votes cast
662
43.5 % of votes cast
No votes
610
45.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
13 years, 6 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

10
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 648
Appearances
41
-18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 648
435
+327.1 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 648
Contributions
46
-61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,425,912
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
£249,415
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£358,048
58 % above average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
0
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
65 of 75 votes
#1
Migration
161 of 169 votes
Education
81 of 95 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
72 of 88 votes
Defence
44 of 59 votes
#5
Benefits
65 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: Amendment 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 12 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
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
Aye
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 19 Nov 2025
Migration
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of LA62 5 Nov 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 72B 5 Nov 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
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