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Lucy Powell vs Colum Eastwood

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
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Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 670 shared comparable votes.

638 same votes 32 different votes 670 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
20 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 20 No
Trade 100% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 17 No
Benefits 78% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 80% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
54 Aye 16 No
Tax 91% aligned 70 shared votes
50 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 4 No
Education 92% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
30 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 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
53.4%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
885
1,658 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
487
55.0% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
398
45.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

17
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
Appearances
22
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
147
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 649
Contributions
33
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 569 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
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45% above 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
67 of 77 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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