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Alan Strickland vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Alan Strickland and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 495 shared comparable votes.

483 same votes 12 different votes 495 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
62 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 106 shared votes
62 Aye 44 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
62 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 106 shared votes
62 Aye 44 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

88.6%
16% above average
Rank 35 of 650
Participation
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 144 of 650
559
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,417 eligible divisions
280
50.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,101
55.4% of votes cast
279
49.9% of votes cast
No votes
888
44.6% of votes cast
12
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

38
-56.5 vs Commons average
Rank 539 of 650
Appearances
172
+77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650
39
-125.6 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 650
Contributions
786
+621.4 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£174,611
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£174,611
23% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
1
1 registered category
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

Transport
32 of 32 votes
#1
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API