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Lucy Powell vs David Simmonds

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 Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 872 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 831 different votes 872 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
19 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 18% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 16 No
Benefits 7% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 78 No
Migration 5% aligned 102 shared votes
73 Aye 29 No
8 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
74 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 112 shared votes
38 Aye 74 No
26 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
11 Aye 30 No
18 Aye 17 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

12
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
105
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Contributions
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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