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Andrew Pakes vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Pakes and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 395 shared comparable votes.

382 same votes 13 different votes 395 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
26 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
26 Aye 38 No
17 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
26 Aye 38 No
17 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

70.6%
2% below average
Rank 406 of 650
Participation
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 650
449
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,994
2,422 eligible divisions
214
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,104
55.4% of votes cast
235
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
890
44.6% of votes cast
13
2.9% 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

89
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 650
Appearances
173
+76.0 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 650
107
-62.2 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 650
Contributions
785
+615.8 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£183,832
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£183,832
19% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Housing
64 of 68 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 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
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API