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Lucy Powell vs Dr Allison Gardner

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


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Dr Allison Gardner voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.

358 same votes 9 different votes 367 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
41 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
41 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
32 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
32 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
41 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
32 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
32 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 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
83.5%
11% above average
Rank 120 of 650
1,603
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
531
636 eligible divisions
900
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
48.8% of votes cast
703
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
272
51.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.4% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

26
-69.6 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
Appearances
104
+8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 650
257
+90.5 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 650
Contributions
152
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 246 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
£200,981
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£200,981
11% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Housing
32 of 33 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 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