Compare

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 379 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 372 different votes 379 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
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
38 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
47 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
47 Aye 38 No
9 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 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

71.4%
1% below average
Rank 397 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
421
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
191
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
230
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

80
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 649
Appearances
156
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 649
116
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Contributions
667
+524.7 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649

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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Tax
92 of 112 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
31 of 39 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