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Lucy Powell vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Nick Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,307 shared comparable votes.

1,305 same votes 2 different votes 1,307 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
116 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 175 shared votes
116 Aye 59 No
59 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 134 shared votes
59 Aye 75 No
86 Aye 46 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 132 shared votes
86 Aye 46 No
19 Aye 64 No
Migration 100% aligned 83 shared votes
19 Aye 64 No
51 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 75 shared votes
51 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 34 No
Trade 98% aligned 64 shared votes
29 Aye 35 No
116 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 175 shared votes
116 Aye 59 No
59 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 134 shared votes
59 Aye 75 No
86 Aye 46 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 132 shared votes
86 Aye 46 No
19 Aye 64 No
Migration 100% aligned 83 shared votes
19 Aye 64 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
74.8%
3% above average
Rank 309 of 649
1,559
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,368 eligible divisions
876
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,013
57.2% of votes cast
683
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
758
42.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

5
-75.0 vs Commons average
Rank 626 of 649
Appearances
95
+15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649
5
-134.4 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
Contributions
125
-14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 239 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
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11% above average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
89 of 96 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API