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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.


Voting alignment

Blake Stephenson and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 400 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 393 different votes 400 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
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
39 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
47 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
47 Aye 39 No
9 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 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

72.1%
same as average
Rank 379 of 650
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 150 of 650
447
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,978
2,406 eligible divisions
205
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,093
55.3% of votes cast
242
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
885
44.7% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

99
+6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 650
Appearances
156
+63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 650
199
+38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 650
Contributions
680
+519.9 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
6
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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 66 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Tax
93 of 114 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 42 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API