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Lucy Powell vs Dr Beccy Cooper

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 Dr Beccy Cooper
Dr Beccy Cooper
Lab Worthing West

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Dr Beccy Cooper voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 312 shared comparable votes.

312 same votes 0 different votes 312 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
32 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 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

65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
Participation
74.1%
1% above average
Rank 332 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
437
590 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
51.3% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
213
48.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

17
-66.6 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 650
Appearances
46
-37.6 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650
147
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 650
Contributions
65
-80.7 vs Commons average
Rank 462 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
£235,147
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£235,147
4% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
11
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
67 of 77 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

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
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API