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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
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Matthew Pennycook
Lab Greenwich and Woolwich

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 546 shared comparable votes.

546 same votes 0 different votes 546 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 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 108 shared votes
64 Aye 44 No
26 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
24 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 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 108 shared votes
64 Aye 44 No
26 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
24 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

79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
602
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
308
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
294
48.8% 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, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

63
-19.2 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 649
Appearances
156
+73.8 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 649
72
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
Contributions
667
+523.7 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649

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
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
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
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Energy
24 of 25 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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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