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Blake Stephenson vs Matthew Pennycook

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

Photograph of Blake Stephenson
Blake Stephenson
Con Mid Bedfordshire
vs
Photograph of Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Pennycook
Lab Greenwich and Woolwich

Voting alignment

Blake Stephenson and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 361 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 355 different votes 361 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
36 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
47 Aye 36 No
9 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
47 Aye 36 No
9 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

71.7 %
1 % below average
Rank 391 of 650
Participation
82.5 %
10 % above average
Rank 154 of 650
397
554 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,930
2,340 eligible divisions
182
45.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,070
55.4 % of votes cast
215
54.2 % of votes cast
No votes
860
44.6 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

68
+0.2 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
Appearances
123
+55.2 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 650
91
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 650
Contributions
561
+440.6 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£203,629
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£203,629
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4 % below average
7
5 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 66 votes
Tax
89 of 108 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 votes
#4
Defence
64 of 70 votes
Defence
27 of 33 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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