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Brian Mathew vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 295 different votes 343 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
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 57% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 30% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
36 Aye 30 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 3% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 13 No
Benefits 8% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

65.5%
6% below average
Rank 497 of 649
Participation
82.4%
11% above average
Rank 145 of 649
381
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,951
2,368 eligible divisions
193
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,082
55.5% of votes cast
188
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
869
44.5% of votes cast
11
2.9% 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

82
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 649
Appearances
143
+63.4 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
92
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
Contributions
590
+451.3 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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
65 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 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