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Sarah Bool vs Joe Powell

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

Photograph of Sarah Bool
Sarah Bool
Con South Northamptonshire
vs
Photograph of Joe Powell
Joe Powell
Lab Kensington and Bayswater

Voting alignment

Sarah Bool and Joe Powell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 332 different votes 339 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
4 Aye 10 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
32 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
43 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
43 Aye 32 No
5 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
30 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

71.2%
1% below average
Rank 396 of 650
Participation
75.3%
3% above average
Rank 302 of 650
449
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
475
631 eligible divisions
191
42.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
225
47.4% of votes cast
258
57.5% of votes cast
No votes
250
52.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

113
+18.8 vs Commons average
Rank 167 of 650
Appearances
105
+10.8 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 650
132
-32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 650
Contributions
140
-24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£188,791
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£214,410
all imported IPSA years
£188,791
17% below average
Latest expenses
£214,410
5% below average
8
2 registered categories
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

Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 42 votes
#2
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Tax
105 of 121 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#4
Work / Employment
38 of 42 votes
Crime / Justice
56 of 66 votes
#5
Energy
18 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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