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Lucy Powell vs Mr Paul Kohler

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 Mr Paul Kohler
Mr Paul Kohler
LD Wimbledon

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Mr Paul Kohler voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 247 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 209 different votes 247 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 88% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
Benefits 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 15 No
Education 3% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
31 Aye 25 No
Tax 5% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 6% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 12% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

65.8%
6% below average
Rank 493 of 649
Participation
59.6%
12% below average
Rank 563 of 649
1,559
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
347
582 eligible divisions
876
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
180
51.9% of votes cast
683
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
167
48.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.7% of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

5
-75.0 vs Commons average
Rank 626 of 649
Appearances
69
-11.0 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
5
-134.4 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
Contributions
97
-42.4 vs Commons average
Rank 331 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
£147,138
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£147,138
35% below average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
13
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
67 of 77 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Education
42 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API