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Lucy Powell vs Sir Roger Gale

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 Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 938 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 883 different votes 938 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
13 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 11% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
24 Aye 26 No
Trade 10% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
69 Aye 46 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 115 shared votes
43 Aye 72 No
8 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 8% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 22 No
Migration 0% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 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
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

12
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
105
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Contributions
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 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
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
48 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Motion No. 4 - Health Protection (Coronavirus, restrictions) (Self-isolation) 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Coronavirus, wearing of face coverings) (England) regulations 2021 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Treasury update on international aid 13 Jul 2021
No
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
Aye
Proceedings during the pandemic 16 Jun 2021
Aye
Aye
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 16 Jun 2021
Aye
No
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4L 28 Apr 2021
No
No
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4J 27 Apr 2021
No
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