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Lucy Powell vs Dr Sam Rushworth

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 Sam Rushworth
Dr Sam Rushworth
Lab Bishop Auckland

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Dr Sam Rushworth voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 317 shared comparable votes.

306 same votes 11 different votes 317 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
31 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 92% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
31 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 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
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 393 of 650
1,603
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
454
636 eligible divisions
900
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
226
49.8% of votes cast
703
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
228
50.2% 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
81
-16.0 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
257
+87.8 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 650
Contributions
159
-10.2 vs Commons average
Rank 239 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
£212,044
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£212,044
6% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#5
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye rebel
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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