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Lucy Powell vs Chris Bloore

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 Chris Bloore
Chris Bloore
Lab Redditch

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Chris Bloore voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 324 shared comparable votes.

322 same votes 2 different votes 324 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
27 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 86% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
27 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 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 496 of 650
Participation
71.9%
same as average
Rank 383 of 650
1,601
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
454
631 eligible divisions
898
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
48.5% of votes cast
703
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
234
51.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

26
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
Appearances
112
+17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
257
+92.4 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 650
Contributions
127
-37.6 vs Commons average
Rank 304 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
£167,691
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£167,691
26% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
70 of 80 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
#3
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye 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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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