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Lucy Powell vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,341 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 1,279 different votes 1,341 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
21 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
103 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 165 shared votes
63 Aye 102 No
27 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
15 Aye 29 No
33 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
9 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

12
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
105
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API