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Lucy Powell vs Joe Powell

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 Joe Powell
Joe Powell
Lab Kensington and Bayswater

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Joe Powell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 313 shared comparable votes.

313 same votes 0 different votes 313 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
30 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
29 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
29 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
29 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
29 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 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
75.3%
3% above average
Rank 304 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
444
590 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
208
46.8% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
236
53.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

17
-66.6 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 650
Appearances
93
+9.4 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
147
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 650
Contributions
123
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 264 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
£214,410
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£214,410
5% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
35 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

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: 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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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