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Lucy Powell vs Patricia Ferguson

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


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Patricia Ferguson voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 350 shared comparable votes.

342 same votes 8 different votes 350 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
45 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
45 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 9 No
Benefits 94% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 94% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
45 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
45 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 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
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 211 of 650
1,603
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
505
636 eligible divisions
900
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
257
50.9% of votes cast
703
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
248
49.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
18
3.6% 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
111
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 650
257
+89.9 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 650
Contributions
155
-12.1 vs Commons average
Rank 237 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
£151,093
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£151,093
33% below 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
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#5
Defence
30 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

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