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Mrs Elsie Blundell vs Lucy Powell

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

Photograph of Mrs Elsie Blundell
Mrs Elsie Blundell
Lab Heywood and Middleton North
vs
Photograph of Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central

Voting alignment

Mrs Elsie Blundell and Lucy Powell voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 371 shared comparable votes.

366 same votes 5 different votes 371 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
49 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
49 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
49 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

83.0%
11% above average
Rank 131 of 650
Participation
66.2%
6% below average
Rank 496 of 650
524
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,417 eligible divisions
259
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
56.1% of votes cast
265
50.6% of votes cast
No votes
703
43.9% of votes cast
10
1.9% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

73
-21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 650
Appearances
26
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
101
-63.5 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 650
Contributions
257
+92.5 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£161,906
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
£161,906
28% below average
Latest expenses
£250,940
11% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
0
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Transport
30 of 32 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
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