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Lucy Powell vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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
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Dr Ellie Chowns
Green North Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 66% of the time, based on 313 shared comparable votes.

207 same votes 106 different votes 313 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
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 34 shared votes
28 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 4 No
Energy 83% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
31 Aye 22 No
Tax 74% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 6 No
Transport 71% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 0 No
Devolution / Local Government 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 50% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 55% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 62% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 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
79.7 %
7 % above average
Rank 207 of 649
1,555
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
458
575 eligible divisions
875
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
255
55.7 % of votes cast
680
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
203
44.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
13 years, 8 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

6
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 623 of 649
Appearances
202
+124.7 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
147
+9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649
Contributions
303
+165.9 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,425,912
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£249,415
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22 % below average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Housing
30 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
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