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Sarah Bool vs Lucy 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 Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central

Voting alignment

Sarah Bool and Lucy Powell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 279 different votes 284 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 9 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
32 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
42 Aye 32 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
42 Aye 32 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
26 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

72.3 %
same as average
Rank 379 of 650
Participation
65.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 503 of 650
407
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,544
2,349 eligible divisions
173
42.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
868
56.2 % of votes cast
234
57.5 % of votes cast
No votes
676
43.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 7 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

81
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650
Appearances
5
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 628 of 650
94
-31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 299 of 650
Contributions
195
+69.2 vs Commons average
Rank 103 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
£2,425,912
all imported IPSA years
£188,791
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£249,415
10 % above average
14
2 registered categories
Registered interests
14
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
#2
Education
81 of 95 votes
Tax
98 of 111 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 61 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#5
Defence
50 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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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Voting source Commons Votes API