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Lucy Powell vs Sarah Gibson

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 Sarah Gibson
Sarah Gibson
LD Chippenham

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Sarah Gibson voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 258 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 204 different votes 258 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
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 86% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 11 No
Education 4% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
25 Aye 17 No
Tax 7% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 12% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

66.0%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 650
Participation
62.1%
11% below average
Rank 555 of 650
1,576
2,387 eligible divisions
Total votes
373
601 eligible divisions
885
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
201
53.9% of votes cast
691
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
172
46.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

22
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 650
Appearances
25
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 650
189
+41.3 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 650
Contributions
31
-116.7 vs Commons average
Rank 577 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
£230,135
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£230,135
2% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 70 votes
#4
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
46 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API