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Lucy Powell vs David Burton-Sampson

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 David Burton-Sampson
David Burton-Sampson
Lab Southend West and Leigh

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and David Burton-Sampson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 383 shared comparable votes.

380 same votes 3 different votes 383 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
42 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
42 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
42 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 650
Participation
87.6%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 650
1,590
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
543
620 eligible divisions
890
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
280
51.6% of votes cast
700
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
263
48.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

26
-67.0 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 650
Appearances
66
-27.0 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
257
+95.0 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 650
Contributions
69
-93.0 vs Commons average
Rank 476 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
£191,962
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£191,962
15% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No 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
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API