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Lucy Powell vs Samantha Dixon

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 Samantha Dixon
Samantha Dixon
Lab Chester North and Neston

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Samantha Dixon voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 520 shared comparable votes.

520 same votes 0 different votes 520 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
35 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
35 Aye 38 No
28 Aye 33 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 61 shared votes
28 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 48 No
Migration 100% aligned 61 shared votes
13 Aye 48 No
21 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
35 Aye 38 No
28 Aye 33 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 61 shared votes
28 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 48 No
Migration 100% aligned 61 shared votes
13 Aye 48 No
21 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 650
Participation
73.0%
1% above average
Rank 354 of 650
1,590
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
751
1,029 eligible divisions
890
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
368
49.0% of votes cast
700
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
383
51.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
3 years, 11 months
Since 1 Dec 2022

Debates

26
-67.0 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 650
Appearances
77
-16.0 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 650
257
+95.0 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 650
Contributions
289
+127.0 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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
£667,714
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£311,379
38% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
12 of 12 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Migration
83 of 97 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#5
Energy
27 of 33 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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