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Lucy Powell vs Esther McVey

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 Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Esther McVey voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 995 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 951 different votes 995 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
10 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
50 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 94 shared votes
48 Aye 46 No
86 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 142 shared votes
51 Aye 91 No
Most different by topic
86 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 127 shared votes
41 Aye 86 No
24 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
31 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 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
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

17
-66.6 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 650
Appearances
110
+26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
147
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 650
Contributions
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
67 of 77 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
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