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Lucy Powell vs Tom Hayes

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 Tom Hayes
Tom Hayes
Lab Bournemouth East

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Tom Hayes voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.

339 same votes 0 different votes 339 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
39 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
39 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
39 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 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
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 148 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
238
49.0% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
248
51.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

17
-66.6 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 650
Appearances
157
+73.4 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 650
147
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 650
Contributions
210
+64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 126 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
£222,072
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£222,072
2% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
67 of 77 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Education
44 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API