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Lucy Powell vs David Davis

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 Davis
David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and David Davis voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 1,084 shared comparable votes.

97 same votes 987 different votes 1,084 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
27 Aye 28 No
Trade 16% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 69 No
Migration 15% aligned 88 shared votes
58 Aye 30 No
36 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 80 shared votes
44 Aye 36 No
20 Aye 12 No
Benefits 13% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 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
64.8%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,539
2,376 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
720
46.8% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
819
53.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
93
6.0% of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
18 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jul 2008

Debates

7
-74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
63
-79.3 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 649
Contributions
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 388 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
£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£277,187
23% above average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
198 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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