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Lucy Powell vs Michael Payne

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 Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Michael Payne voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

314 same votes 0 different votes 314 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
41 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
41 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
41 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 16 shared votes
5 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
590 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
51.5% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
219
48.5% 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
24
-59.6 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 650
147
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 650
Contributions
27
-118.7 vs Commons average
Rank 589 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
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
10
2 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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 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: 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
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
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