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Lucy Powell vs Jo Platt

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 Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Jo Platt voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 655 shared comparable votes.

654 same votes 1 different votes 655 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
70 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 114 shared votes
70 Aye 44 No
31 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 11 No
Trade 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 7 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
71 Aye 38 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 109 shared votes
72 Aye 37 No
70 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 114 shared votes
70 Aye 44 No
31 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 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
77.8%
5% above average
Rank 251 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
459
590 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
231
50.3% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
228
49.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

12
-69.7 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
Appearances
32
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 649
105
-37.2 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 649
Contributions
53
-89.2 vs Commons average
Rank 492 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
£766,743
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£208,190
8% below average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
32 of 32 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye rebel
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
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 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
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