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Lucy Powell vs Jayne Kirkham

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 Jayne Kirkham
Jayne Kirkham
Lab Truro and Falmouth

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Jayne Kirkham voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 361 shared comparable votes.

361 same votes 0 different votes 361 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
37 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
37 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
37 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 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
82.5%
10% above average
Rank 144 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
487
590 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
245
50.3% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
242
49.7% 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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

17
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
Appearances
219
+135.3 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 649
147
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 649
Contributions
266
+120.1 vs Commons average
Rank 79 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
£143,536
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£143,536
37% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 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 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API