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Blair McDougall vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 430 shared comparable votes.

416 same votes 14 different votes 430 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
57 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
57 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
57 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

73.1%
1% above average
Rank 349 of 650
Participation
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 650
465
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,994
2,422 eligible divisions
236
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,104
55.4% of votes cast
229
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
890
44.6% of votes cast
14
3.0% 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

72
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
Appearances
171
+74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
347
+178.8 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650
Contributions
780
+611.8 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£186,207
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
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
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Housing
28 of 33 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Benefits
26 of 32 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