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Lucy Powell vs Mike Martin

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Mike Martin voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 253 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 200 different votes 253 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
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 75% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 3 No
Benefits 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
36 Aye 24 No
Tax 5% aligned 60 shared votes
27 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 15 No
Education 5% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 11% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 18% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

66.0%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 650
Participation
57.7%
15% below average
Rank 591 of 650
1,576
2,387 eligible divisions
Total votes
347
601 eligible divisions
885
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
55.9% of votes cast
691
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
153
44.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

22
-63.5 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 650
Appearances
117
+31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 650
189
+40.0 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 650
Contributions
153
+4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 210 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
£164,314
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£164,314
27% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
41
5 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
70 of 80 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Education
42 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 70 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API