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Bob Blackman vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,734 shared comparable votes.

77 same votes 1,657 different votes 1,734 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
22 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
36 Aye 38 No
Trade 7% aligned 74 shared votes
37 Aye 37 No
18 Aye 31 No
Energy 6% aligned 49 shared votes
34 Aye 15 No
86 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 164 shared votes
85 Aye 79 No
24 Aye 20 No
Housing 5% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 42 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 65 shared votes
42 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 33 No
Defence 0% aligned 61 shared votes
33 Aye 28 No
34 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
Appearances
159
+75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
Contributions
670
+524.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
8
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

Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API