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Al Carns vs Matthew Pennycook

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

Photograph of Al Carns
Al Carns
Lab Birmingham Selly Oak
vs
Photograph of Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Pennycook
Lab Greenwich and Woolwich

Voting alignment

Al Carns and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

284 same votes 0 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
29 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
19 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
19 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

52.9%
20% below average
Rank 614 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
312
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
147
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
165
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

75
-8.6 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 650
Appearances
159
+75.4 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 650
274
+128.3 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
Contributions
670
+524.3 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£170,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£170,101
25% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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

Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Housing
21 of 32 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Defence
22 of 34 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API