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Lucy Powell vs Jessica Toale

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


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Jessica Toale voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 366 shared comparable votes.

364 same votes 2 different votes 366 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
49 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
49 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
49 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

66.2%
6% below average
Rank 496 of 650
Participation
78.4%
6% above average
Rank 232 of 650
1,601
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
495
631 eligible divisions
898
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
250
50.5% of votes cast
703
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
245
49.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

26
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
Appearances
131
+36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 650
257
+92.5 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 650
Contributions
158
-6.5 vs Commons average
Rank 224 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
£208,947
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£208,947
8% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
#3
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Education
47 of 50 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#5
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API