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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 678 shared comparable votes.

677 same votes 1 different votes 678 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 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 115 shared votes
70 Aye 45 No
31 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 11 No
Trade 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 7 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
72 Aye 38 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 110 shared votes
73 Aye 37 No
70 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 115 shared votes
70 Aye 45 No
31 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 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 498 of 650
Participation
78.2%
6% above average
Rank 240 of 650
1,590
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
485
620 eligible divisions
890
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
242
49.9% of votes cast
700
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
243
50.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

26
-67.0 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 650
Appearances
29
-64.0 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 650
257
+95.0 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 650
Contributions
48
-114.0 vs Commons average
Rank 536 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
£766,743
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£208,190
8% below average
13
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
70 of 80 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#5
Education
44 of 50 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
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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