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Lucy Powell vs Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

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 Jenny Riddell-Carpenter
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter
Lab Suffolk Coastal

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Jenny Riddell-Carpenter voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 347 shared comparable votes.

346 same votes 1 different votes 347 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
39 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
39 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
39 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 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
79.5 %
7 % above average
Rank 212 of 649
1,555
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
575 eligible divisions
875
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
246
53.8 % of votes cast
680
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
211
46.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
13 years, 8 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

6
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 623 of 649
Appearances
48
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649
147
+9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649
Contributions
62
-75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,425,912
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£177,477
all imported IPSA years
£249,415
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£177,477
22 % below average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Education
47 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
27 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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