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Lucy Powell vs Priti Patel

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


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Priti Patel voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,085 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,035 different votes 1,085 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
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
102 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 160 shared votes
56 Aye 104 No
13 Aye 7 No
Energy 5% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 65 No
Migration 5% aligned 83 shared votes
61 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 54 shared votes
17 Aye 37 No
25 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 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
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

12
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
Appearances
68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
105
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Contributions
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 348 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
14
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

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