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Lucy Powell vs Sarah Coombes

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


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Sarah Coombes voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 355 shared comparable votes.

355 same votes 0 different votes 355 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
39 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
39 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
39 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 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
80.7%
8% above average
Rank 185 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
476
590 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
238
50.0% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
238
50.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
71
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
147
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 649
Contributions
89
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 376 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
£164,149
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£164,149
27% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Education
45 of 50 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API