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Lucy Powell vs Dr Scott Arthur

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


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Dr Scott Arthur voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 374 shared comparable votes.

365 same votes 9 different votes 374 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
44 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
44 Aye 37 No
12 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
44 Aye 37 No
12 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 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

66.2%
6% below average
Rank 495 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 132 of 650
1,603
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
529
636 eligible divisions
900
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
260
49.1% of votes cast
703
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
269
50.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.3% 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
195
+99.4 vs Commons average
Rank 41 of 650
257
+90.5 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 650
Contributions
323
+156.5 vs Commons average
Rank 70 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
£173,383
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£173,383
23% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#5
Defence
31 of 34 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