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Lucy Powell vs Ms Abena Oppong-Asare

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


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Ms Abena Oppong-Asare voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 963 shared comparable votes.

954 same votes 9 different votes 963 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
83 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 128 shared votes
83 Aye 45 No
49 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 114 shared votes
49 Aye 65 No
25 Aye 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
25 Aye 80 No
39 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 55 shared votes
39 Aye 16 No
30 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
83 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 128 shared votes
83 Aye 45 No
49 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 114 shared votes
49 Aye 65 No
25 Aye 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
25 Aye 80 No
39 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 55 shared votes
39 Aye 16 No
30 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

66.1%
6% below average
Rank 499 of 650
Participation
76.1%
4% above average
Rank 283 of 650
1,589
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,284
1,687 eligible divisions
889
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
681
53.0% of votes cast
700
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
603
47.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.1% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

24
-64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
Appearances
21
-67.8 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 650
223
+68.4 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 650
Contributions
25
-129.6 vs Commons average
Rank 601 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
£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£288,312
27% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Education
63 of 69 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
139 of 154 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Defence
61 of 70 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API