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Lucy Powell vs Rebecca Paul

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


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 295 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 288 different votes 295 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
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 4 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
33 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
24 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
24 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 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
78.8%
6% above average
Rank 226 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
590 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
44.9% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
256
55.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

17
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
Appearances
104
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 649
147
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 649
Contributions
152
+6.1 vs Commons average
Rank 204 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
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API