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Catherine Atkinson vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Catherine Atkinson and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 456 shared comparable votes.

442 same votes 14 different votes 456 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
59 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
59 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
59 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
8% above average
Rank 194 of 650
Participation
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 650
509
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,994
2,422 eligible divisions
260
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,104
55.4% of votes cast
249
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
890
44.6% of votes cast
15
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

108
+11.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 650
Appearances
172
+75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
197
+28.1 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
Contributions
785
+616.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£207,563
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£207,563
8% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
4
2 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

Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#1
Housing
64 of 68 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Housing
29 of 33 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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