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Lucy Powell vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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 Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,303 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,237 different votes 1,303 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
29 Aye 33 No
Trade 8% aligned 62 shared votes
32 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
107 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 169 shared votes
60 Aye 109 No
16 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 63 shared votes
19 Aye 44 No
28 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
14 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
30 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 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
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

12
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
Appearances
126
+43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
105
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Contributions
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 144 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
205 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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