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Lucy Powell vs Jeff 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 Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Jeff Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,207 shared comparable votes.

1,203 same votes 4 different votes 1,207 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
105 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 167 shared votes
105 Aye 62 No
47 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 107 shared votes
47 Aye 60 No
22 Aye 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 102 shared votes
22 Aye 80 No
30 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
35 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 54 shared votes
35 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
77 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 104 shared votes
74 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 13 No
Energy 97% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
105 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 167 shared votes
105 Aye 62 No
47 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 107 shared votes
47 Aye 60 No
22 Aye 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 102 shared votes
22 Aye 80 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

66.1%
6% below average
Rank 499 of 650
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 650
1,590
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,915
2,406 eligible divisions
890
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,040
54.3% of votes cast
700
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
875
45.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

24
-66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
Appearances
55
-35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 650
223
+66.4 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 650
Contributions
71
-85.6 vs Commons average
Rank 462 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
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
70 of 80 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No rebel
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No rebel
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No rebel
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API