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Lucy Powell vs Emma Foody

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 Emma Foody
Emma Foody
Lab Cramlington and Killingworth

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Emma Foody voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 328 shared comparable votes.

327 same votes 1 different votes 328 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
40 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
40 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
40 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 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
84.2%
12% above average
Rank 111 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
497
590 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
48.9% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
254
51.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% 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
38
-45.6 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 650
147
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 650
Contributions
46
-99.7 vs Commons average
Rank 525 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
£188,107
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£188,107
17% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
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
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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