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Chris Law vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Chris Law and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 1,037 shared comparable votes.

936 same votes 101 different votes 1,037 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
37 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 56 shared votes
37 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 11 No
Energy 64% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
106 Aye 58 No
Tax 72% aligned 164 shared votes
110 Aye 54 No
24 Aye 15 No
Benefits 79% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 81% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

51.1%
21% below average
Rank 619 of 650
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 150 of 650
1,229
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,978
2,406 eligible divisions
678
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,093
55.3% of votes cast
551
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
885
44.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

61
-29.6 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650
Appearances
155
+64.4 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 650
65
-92.6 vs Commons average
Rank 482 of 650
Contributions
678
+520.4 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
8
4 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

Brexit / EU
196 of 212 votes
#1
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 82 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Trade
64 of 94 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API