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Peter Swallow vs Lucy Powell

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


Voting alignment

Peter Swallow and Lucy Powell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 365 shared comparable votes.

364 same votes 1 different votes 365 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
28 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
28 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
28 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
26 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

85.4%
13% above average
Rank 84 of 649
Participation
65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
504
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
245
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
879
56.1% of votes cast
259
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
687
43.9% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

204
+120.3 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 649
Appearances
17
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
292
+146.1 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 649
Contributions
147
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£169,409
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
£169,409
25% below average
Latest expenses
£250,940
11% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
1
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Defence
51 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API