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Lucy Powell vs Sean Woodcock

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 Sean Woodcock
Sean Woodcock
Lab Banbury

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Sean Woodcock voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 406 shared comparable votes.

401 same votes 5 different votes 406 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
42 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
42 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
32 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
32 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
42 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
32 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
32 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 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
93.4%
21% above average
Rank 4 of 650
1,590
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
579
620 eligible divisions
890
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
288
49.7% of votes cast
700
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
291
50.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
1.6% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

26
-67.0 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 650
Appearances
80
-13.0 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 650
257
+95.0 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 650
Contributions
100
-62.0 vs Commons average
Rank 380 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
£119,230
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£119,230
47% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API