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Lucy Powell vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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 Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,327 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,271 different votes 1,327 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
30 Aye 27 No
Trade 9% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
107 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 169 shared votes
61 Aye 108 No
9 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 58 shared votes
13 Aye 45 No
28 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
31 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

17
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
Appearances
99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
147
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 649
Contributions
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
208 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 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
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 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
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
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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