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Lucy Powell vs Sir John Whittingdale

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

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Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central
vs
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Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,306 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,254 different votes 1,306 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
24 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
106 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 167 shared votes
59 Aye 108 No
16 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 5% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
52 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 119 shared votes
67 Aye 52 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
29 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 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
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% 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
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
147
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
13
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
204 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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