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Dame Meg Hillier vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,646 shared comparable votes.

1,624 same votes 22 different votes 1,646 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
147 Aye 74 No
Tax 100% aligned 221 shared votes
147 Aye 74 No
72 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 144 shared votes
72 Aye 72 No
40 Aye 94 No
Migration 100% aligned 134 shared votes
40 Aye 94 No
53 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 73 shared votes
53 Aye 20 No
39 Aye 24 No
Benefits 100% aligned 63 shared votes
39 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 98% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
109 Aye 73 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 182 shared votes
112 Aye 70 No
33 Aye 31 No
Transport 98% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No
34 Aye 34 No
Trade 99% aligned 68 shared votes
35 Aye 33 No
147 Aye 74 No
Tax 100% aligned 221 shared votes
147 Aye 74 No

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

Voting record

73.6%
1% above average
Rank 341 of 650
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 150 of 650
1,759
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,965
2,390 eligible divisions
991
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,090
55.5% of votes cast
768
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
875
44.5% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

141
+54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 650
Appearances
152
+65.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 650
230
+78.6 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 650
Contributions
645
+493.6 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
9
2 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

Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 70 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API