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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 857 shared comparable votes.

641 same votes 216 different votes 857 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
16 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 75 No
Migration 97% aligned 94 shared votes
20 Aye 74 No
13 Aye 18 No
Trade 97% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
36 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 62 shared votes
33 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
34 Aye 16 No
Education 36% aligned 50 shared votes
32 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

65.9 %
7 % below average
Rank 503 of 649
Participation
70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,555
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
875
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
625
54.0 % of votes cast
680
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
533
46.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.0 % of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

6
-71.9 vs Commons average
Rank 622 of 650
Appearances
144
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650
96
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 650
Contributions
191
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 650

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
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 70 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
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
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