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Lucy Powell vs Steve Witherden

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


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Steve Witherden voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 358 shared comparable votes.

356 same votes 2 different votes 358 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
41 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
41 Aye 28 No
31 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
31 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 3 No
Benefits 75% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
41 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
41 Aye 28 No
31 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
31 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

66.2%
6% below average
Rank 496 of 650
Participation
80.3%
8% above average
Rank 190 of 650
1,601
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
507
631 eligible divisions
898
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
261
51.5% of votes cast
703
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
246
48.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

26
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
Appearances
63
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
257
+92.5 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 650
Contributions
81
-83.5 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
70 of 80 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API