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Lucy Powell vs Lewis Cocking

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 Lewis Cocking
Lewis Cocking
Con Broxbourne

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Lewis Cocking voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 328 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 321 different votes 328 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
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
37 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
31 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
31 Aye 37 No
29 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
6 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 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
78.0%
5% above average
Rank 246 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
460
590 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
211
45.9% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
249
54.1% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

17
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
Appearances
116
+32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 649
147
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 649
Contributions
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 184 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
£181,438
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£181,438
20% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
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
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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