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Lucy Powell vs Nigel Farage

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 Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Nigel Farage voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 141 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 132 different votes 141 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 7 No
Housing 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 10 No
Education 8% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
4 Aye 22 No
5 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
Participation
40.0%
33% below average
Rank 634 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
6
15 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
4
66.7% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
2
33.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
1 months
Since 13 Aug 2026

Debates

12
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
Appearances
13
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 614 of 649
105
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Contributions
15
-128.5 vs Commons average
Rank 615 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
£162,580
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£162,580
28% below average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
35
7 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
Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
No topic data
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
No topic data
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
No topic data
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
No topic data

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34 18 Mar 2025
Education
No
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