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Lucy Powell vs Ruth Jones

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

Photograph of Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central
vs
Photograph of Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Ruth Jones voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 975 shared comparable votes.

973 same votes 2 different votes 975 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
84 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 122 shared votes
84 Aye 38 No
46 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 114 shared votes
46 Aye 68 No
25 Aye 81 No
Migration 100% aligned 106 shared votes
25 Aye 81 No
27 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
35 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 52 shared votes
35 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
84 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 122 shared votes
84 Aye 38 No
46 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 114 shared votes
46 Aye 68 No
25 Aye 81 No
Migration 100% aligned 106 shared votes
25 Aye 81 No
27 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
35 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 52 shared votes
35 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

65.8 %
7 % below average
Rank 505 of 647
Participation
78.0 %
5 % above average
Rank 248 of 647
1,534
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,302
1,669 eligible divisions
863
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
681
52.3 % of votes cast
671
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
621
47.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0 % of votes cast
13 years, 7 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
7 years, 2 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

8
-59.0 vs Commons average
Rank 622 of 649
Appearances
37
-30.0 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 649
377
+257.9 vs Commons average
Rank 27 of 649
Contributions
47
-72.1 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,425,912
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£249,415
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31 % above average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
65 of 75 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Education
81 of 95 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 38 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Education
60 of 68 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
134 of 152 votes
Trade
62 of 88 votes
#5
Work / Employment
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
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