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Rishi Sunak vs Lucy Powell

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

Photograph of Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak
Con Richmond and Northallerton
vs
Photograph of Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central

Voting alignment

Rishi Sunak and Lucy Powell voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 746 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 699 different votes 746 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
6 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 18% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
22 Aye 8 No
Migration 7% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 10 No
Energy 5% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
48 Aye 93 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 141 shared votes
94 Aye 47 No
8 Aye 18 No
Education 4% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 65 No
Tax 0% aligned 92 shared votes
65 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

42.3%
30% below average
Rank 631 of 649
Participation
65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
1,005
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
454
45.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
879
56.1% of votes cast
551
54.8% of votes cast
No votes
687
43.9% of votes cast
4
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

42
-40.3 vs Commons average
Rank 491 of 649
Appearances
12
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
51
-92.5 vs Commons average
Rank 502 of 649
Contributions
105
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,536,845
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
£166,813
26% below average
Latest expenses
£250,940
11% above average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
14
5 registered categories
9
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

Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Transport
52 of 95 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
20 of 48 votes
#5
Defence
51 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Rural communities 7 Jan 2026
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
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