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Bobby Dean vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Bobby Dean and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 20% of the time, based on 340 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 272 different votes 340 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
7 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 1 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 25 No
Education 3% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
29 Aye 42 No
Tax 4% aligned 71 shared votes
45 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 13 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

68.7%
4% below average
Rank 452 of 650
Participation
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 151 of 650
413
601 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,965
2,387 eligible divisions
218
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,090
55.5% of votes cast
195
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
875
44.5% of votes cast
2
0.5% 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

98
+12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
Appearances
152
+66.4 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
114
-35.1 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 650
Contributions
645
+495.9 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£178,307
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£178,307
21% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
6
3 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

#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API