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Lucy Powell vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,377 shared comparable votes.

1,372 same votes 5 different votes 1,377 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
127 Aye 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 190 shared votes
127 Aye 63 No
108 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 171 shared votes
108 Aye 63 No
58 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 124 shared votes
58 Aye 66 No
26 Aye 86 No
Migration 100% aligned 112 shared votes
26 Aye 86 No
57 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 79 shared votes
57 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
127 Aye 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 190 shared votes
127 Aye 63 No
108 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 171 shared votes
108 Aye 63 No
58 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 124 shared votes
58 Aye 66 No
26 Aye 86 No
Migration 100% aligned 112 shared votes
26 Aye 86 No
57 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 79 shared votes
57 Aye 22 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
76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 269 of 649
1,555
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,815
2,361 eligible divisions
875
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,023
56.4 % of votes cast
680
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
792
43.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6 % of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

6
-71.9 vs Commons average
Rank 622 of 650
Appearances
29
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 550 of 650
96
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 650
Contributions
15
-123.3 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,425,912
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£249,415
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3 % below average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API