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Lucy Powell vs Paul Davies

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

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Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central
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Paul Davies
Lab Colne Valley

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Paul Davies voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 386 shared comparable votes.

386 same votes 0 different votes 386 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
42 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
42 Aye 36 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
42 Aye 36 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 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
94.2%
22% above average
Rank 2 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
556
590 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
284
51.1% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
272
48.9% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

12
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
Appearances
45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 649
105
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Contributions
53
-90.5 vs Commons average
Rank 491 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
£194,533
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£194,533
14% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
30 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API