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Lucy Powell vs Sarah Olney

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 Olney
Sarah Olney
LD Richmond Park

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Sarah Olney voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 840 shared comparable votes.

634 same votes 206 different votes 840 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
12 Aye 18 No
Trade 100% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 74 No
Migration 98% aligned 92 shared votes
20 Aye 72 No
21 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
36 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 62 shared votes
33 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 25% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
33 Aye 16 No
Education 35% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 38 shared votes
5 Aye 33 No
72 Aye 33 No
Tax 52% aligned 105 shared votes
66 Aye 39 No
9 Aye 13 No
Housing 64% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 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 507 of 648
Participation
71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 415 of 648
1,522
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,132
1,594 eligible divisions
860
56.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
606
53.5 % of votes cast
662
43.5 % of votes cast
No votes
526
46.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.1 % of votes cast
13 years, 6 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

10
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 648
Appearances
119
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 648
435
+327.1 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 648
Contributions
140
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,425,912
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£249,415
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33 % above average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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
65 of 75 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Education
81 of 95 votes
#2
Defence
53 of 58 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
45 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Defence
44 of 59 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill: Second Reading 16 Sep 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Welfare 15 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Football Governance Bill [HL]: Third Reading 8 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Draft Marking of Retail Goods Regulations 2025 30 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 18 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 16 4 Jun 2025
No
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