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Lucy Powell vs Chris Law

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

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Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central
vs
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Chris Law
SNP Dundee Central

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Chris Law voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 879 shared comparable votes.

794 same votes 85 different votes 879 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
31 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 6 No
Energy 50% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
96 Aye 39 No
Tax 73% aligned 135 shared votes
89 Aye 46 No
17 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 78% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 18 No
Benefits 80% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 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
51.6 %
21 % below average
Rank 620 of 649
1,555
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,219
2,361 eligible divisions
875
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
672
55.1 % of votes cast
680
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
547
44.9 % 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
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

6
-71.9 vs Commons average
Rank 622 of 650
Appearances
58
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 650
96
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 650
Contributions
67
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 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
£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
£249,415
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£345,624
53 % above average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
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
67 of 77 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
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
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