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Alistair Strathern vs Matthew Pennycook

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

Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin
vs
Photograph of Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Pennycook
Lab Greenwich and Woolwich

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 509 shared comparable votes.

509 same votes 0 different votes 509 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
64 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 105 shared votes
64 Aye 41 No
26 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
64 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 105 shared votes
64 Aye 41 No
26 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

79.5 %
6 % above average
Rank 224 of 647
Participation
82.3 %
9 % above average
Rank 163 of 647
555
698 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,906
2,315 eligible divisions
289
52.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,065
55.9 % of votes cast
266
47.9 % of votes cast
No votes
841
44.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 7 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

54
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 647
Appearances
79
+17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 647
63
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 647
Contributions
399
+287.7 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31 % above 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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 25 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 66 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 8 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Energy
21 of 22 votes
#5
Migration
152 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
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