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Lucy Powell vs Hannah Spencer

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 Hannah Spencer
Hannah Spencer
Green Gorton and Denton

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Hannah Spencer voted the same way 58% of the time, based on 73 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 31 different votes 73 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
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Tax 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Transport 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 0 No
Devolution / Local Government 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 4 No
Defence 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 0 No
Education 54% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 3 No
Transport 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 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
82.1%
9% above average
Rank 156 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
128
156 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
60
46.9% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
68
53.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
7 months
Since 26 Feb 2026

Debates

17
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
Appearances
47
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
147
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 649
Contributions
50
-95.9 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£0
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
n/a
average unavailable
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
15
4 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
Devolution / Local Government
13 of 13 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
5 of 5 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
3 of 3 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
3 of 3 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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