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Lucy Powell vs Rushanara Ali

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


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,395 shared comparable votes.

1,383 same votes 12 different votes 1,395 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
113 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 173 shared votes
113 Aye 60 No
67 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 146 shared votes
67 Aye 79 No
26 Aye 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 106 shared votes
26 Aye 80 No
54 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 76 shared votes
54 Aye 22 No
34 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
108 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 168 shared votes
105 Aye 63 No
113 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 173 shared votes
113 Aye 60 No
67 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 146 shared votes
67 Aye 79 No
26 Aye 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 106 shared votes
26 Aye 80 No
54 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 76 shared votes
54 Aye 22 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

66.0%
6% below average
Rank 499 of 650
Participation
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 274 of 650
1,581
2,396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,830
2,396 eligible divisions
885
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,032
56.4% of votes cast
696
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

22
-64.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
Appearances
48
-38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650
189
+37.6 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650
Contributions
45
-106.4 vs Commons average
Rank 538 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 70 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
83 of 94 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 70 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#5
Housing
59 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API