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Lucy Powell vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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
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Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 1,060 shared comparable votes.

82 same votes 978 different votes 1,060 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
22 Aye 25 No
Transport 9% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 8% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 65 No
Migration 8% aligned 86 shared votes
58 Aye 28 No
38 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 84 shared votes
48 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 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
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

12
-69.7 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
Appearances
62
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 649
105
-37.2 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 649
Contributions
72
-70.2 vs Commons average
Rank 432 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
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
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