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Ms Abena Oppong-Asare vs Joe Powell

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


Voting alignment

Ms Abena Oppong-Asare and Joe Powell voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 402 shared comparable votes.

388 same votes 14 different votes 402 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 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
41 Aye 30 No
14 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 16 No
Transport 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
41 Aye 30 No
14 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 16 No
Transport 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 650
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 297 of 650
1,301
1,704 eligible divisions
Total votes
480
636 eligible divisions
693
53.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
228
47.5% of votes cast
608
46.7% of votes cast
No votes
252
52.5% of votes cast
14
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

41
-56.0 vs Commons average
Rank 540 of 650
Appearances
117
+20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 650
45
-124.2 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 650
Contributions
157
-12.2 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£214,410
all imported IPSA years
£288,312
27% above average
Latest expenses
£214,410
5% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 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

Education
63 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
139 of 154 votes
#2
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Work / Employment
38 of 42 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 70 votes
#5
Energy
18 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API