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Lucy Powell vs Sir Gavin Williamson

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 Sir Gavin Williamson
Sir Gavin Williamson
Con Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Sir Gavin Williamson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,297 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,237 different votes 1,297 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
23 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 5% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
104 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 167 shared votes
63 Aye 104 No
10 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 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
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
47.8% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
971
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

12
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
105
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Contributions
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 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
£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£278,816
23% above average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
11
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
200 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Transport
83 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 91 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
57 of 67 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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
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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