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Susan Murray vs Lucy Powell

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

Photograph of Susan Murray
Susan Murray
LD Mid Dunbartonshire
vs
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Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central

Voting alignment

Susan Murray and Lucy Powell voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 231 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 180 different votes 231 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
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 75% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 7 No
Housing 50% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
17 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 25% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 29 No
Tax 7% aligned 46 shared votes
32 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 15 No
Education 8% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 10% aligned 20 shared votes
20 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 11% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

62.6 %
10 % below average
Rank 548 of 649
Participation
65.9 %
7 % below average
Rank 503 of 649
360
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,555
2,361 eligible divisions
196
54.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
875
56.3 % of votes cast
164
45.6 % of votes cast
No votes
680
43.7 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 8 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

78
0.0 vs Commons average
Rank 247 of 649
Appearances
6
-72.0 vs Commons average
Rank 621 of 649
91
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 649
Contributions
96
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£189,988
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,425,912
all imported IPSA years
£189,988
16 % below average
Latest expenses
£249,415
10 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
14
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

Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#1
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
Housing
23 of 31 votes
#5
Defence
51 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
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