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Lucy Powell vs Mike Reader

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


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Mike Reader voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 345 shared comparable votes.

337 same votes 8 different votes 345 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
40 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
40 Aye 34 No
19 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
29 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 100% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
40 Aye 34 No
19 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
29 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 100% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

66.2%
6% below average
Rank 495 of 650
Participation
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 337 of 650
1,603
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
469
636 eligible divisions
900
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
245
52.2% of votes cast
703
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
224
47.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.8% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

26
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 650
Appearances
80
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
257
+89.9 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 650
Contributions
115
-52.1 vs Commons average
Rank 348 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
£208,618
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£208,618
8% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
11 of 11 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Tax
100 of 122 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#5
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API