The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Tuesday 1 September 2026.

Compare

Lucy Powell vs Greg Smith

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 Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Greg Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 936 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 913 different votes 936 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
19 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
78 Aye 40 No
Tax 2% aligned 118 shared votes
38 Aye 80 No
26 Aye 81 No
Migration 1% aligned 107 shared votes
80 Aye 27 No
49 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 116 shared votes
66 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
33 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 45 shared votes
12 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 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
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 31 of 649
1,555
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,459
1,643 eligible divisions
875
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
710
48.7 % of votes cast
680
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
749
51.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4 % of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

6
-71.9 vs Commons average
Rank 622 of 650
Appearances
200
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
96
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 650
Contributions
235
+96.7 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,425,912
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£249,415
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27 % above average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API