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Claire Hughes vs Matthew Pennycook

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

Photograph of Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy
vs
Photograph of Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Pennycook
Lab Greenwich and Woolwich

Voting alignment

Claire Hughes and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 457 shared comparable votes.

457 same votes 0 different votes 457 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
55 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 96 shared votes
55 Aye 41 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 96 shared votes
55 Aye 41 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

89.8%
17% above average
Rank 22 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
530
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
271
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
259
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

0
-82.3 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 649
Appearances
157
+74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
0
-143.5 vs Commons average
Rank 643 of 649
Contributions
668
+524.5 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£180,797
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£180,797
20% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
0
0 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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