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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 321 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 315 different votes 321 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
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
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
22 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
33 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
48 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
48 Aye 33 No
6 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
29 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 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

71.2%
1% below average
Rank 396 of 650
Participation
66.2%
6% below average
Rank 496 of 650
449
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,417 eligible divisions
191
42.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
56.1% of votes cast
258
57.5% of votes cast
No votes
703
43.9% 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
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

113
+18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
Appearances
26
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
132
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
Contributions
257
+92.5 vs Commons average
Rank 110 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
£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
£188,791
17% below average
Latest expenses
£250,940
11% above average
8
2 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

Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#1
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 42 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Tax
105 of 121 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Crime / Justice
56 of 66 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 94 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
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
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
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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