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Lucy Powell vs Chris McDonald

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


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Chris McDonald voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 373 shared comparable votes.

367 same votes 6 different votes 373 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
49 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
49 Aye 33 No
22 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
49 Aye 33 No
22 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 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 495 of 650
Participation
77.4%
5% above average
Rank 259 of 650
1,603
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
492
636 eligible divisions
900
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
49.4% of votes cast
703
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
249
50.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.4% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

26
-69.6 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
Appearances
95
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 650
257
+90.5 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 650
Contributions
415
+248.5 vs Commons average
Rank 39 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
£217,932
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£217,932
4% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
70 of 80 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API