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Andrew Bowie vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,449 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,381 different votes 1,449 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
69 Aye 95 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 164 shared votes
97 Aye 67 No
16 Aye 34 No
Benefits 6% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 63 shared votes
41 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 25 No
Energy 5% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
55 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 112 shared votes
58 Aye 54 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
35 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 32 No
Housing 0% aligned 48 shared votes
32 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
5 Aye 25 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 30 shared votes
25 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

80.4%
8% above average
Rank 189 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
157
+74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Contributions
668
+524.5 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,982,147
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
6
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

Brexit / EU
187 of 188 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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