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Lucy Powell vs Chris Philp

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 Philp
Chris Philp
Con Croydon South

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Chris Philp voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,350 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,280 different votes 1,350 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
21 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
33 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
107 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 171 shared votes
65 Aye 106 No
16 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
63 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 138 shared votes
78 Aye 60 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 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
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,979
2,376 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
48.5% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,020
51.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

12
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
Appearances
56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
105
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Contributions
85
-58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5% below average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
209 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
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