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Lucy Powell vs Paul Waugh

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


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Paul Waugh voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 396 shared comparable votes.

390 same votes 6 different votes 396 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
50 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
50 Aye 37 No
23 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
27 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
50 Aye 37 No
23 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
27 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 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
87.1%
15% above average
Rank 52 of 650
1,603
2,421 eligible divisions
Total votes
553
635 eligible divisions
900
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
277
50.1% of votes cast
703
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
276
49.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.0% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

26
-70.1 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
Appearances
127
+30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 650
257
+89.8 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 650
Contributions
164
-3.2 vs Commons average
Rank 215 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
£174,781
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£174,781
23% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
70 of 80 votes
#1
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API