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Lucy Powell vs David Smith

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and David Smith voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.

328 same votes 11 different votes 339 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
33 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
33 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
31 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 9 No
Transport 100% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 91% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
33 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
33 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
31 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

66.2%
6% below average
Rank 495 of 650
Participation
71.1%
1% below average
Rank 399 of 650
1,603
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
636 eligible divisions
900
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
49.6% of votes cast
703
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
228
50.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
16
3.5% of votes cast
14 years, 0 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

26
-71.0 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 650
Appearances
98
+1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
257
+87.8 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 650
Contributions
142
-27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 281 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
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£182,965
19% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API