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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.


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Jeff Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,185 shared comparable votes.

1,181 same votes 4 different votes 1,185 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
46 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 103 shared votes
46 Aye 57 No
22 Aye 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 102 shared votes
22 Aye 80 No
27 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
35 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 54 shared votes
35 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
76 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 103 shared votes
73 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
46 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 103 shared votes
46 Aye 57 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

65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
863
45.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

7
-74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
Appearances
55
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
63
-79.3 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 649
Contributions
71
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 431 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
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
14
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
67 of 77 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API