The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Friday 27 November 2026.

Compare

Sarah Smith vs Lucy Powell

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Lucy Powell voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 304 shared comparable votes.

296 same votes 8 different votes 304 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
45 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
45 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
21 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
45 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
21 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

64.5%
8% below average
Rank 518 of 650
Participation
66.2%
6% below average
Rank 495 of 650
410
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,603
2,422 eligible divisions
217
52.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
56.1% of votes cast
193
47.1% of votes cast
No votes
703
43.9% of votes cast
14
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
14 years, 0 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

78
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
Appearances
26
-71.0 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 650
99
-70.2 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
Contributions
257
+87.8 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£250,940
11% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
0
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

Trade
9 of 10 votes
#1
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
Benefits
24 of 32 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 94 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API