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Dame Siobhain McDonagh vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Dame Siobhain McDonagh and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,262 shared comparable votes.

1,241 same votes 21 different votes 1,262 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
109 Aye 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 172 shared votes
109 Aye 63 No
93 Aye 50 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 143 shared votes
93 Aye 50 No
64 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 121 shared votes
64 Aye 57 No
23 Aye 43 No
Migration 100% aligned 66 shared votes
23 Aye 43 No
32 Aye 31 No
Transport 100% aligned 63 shared votes
32 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 35 No
Trade 96% aligned 57 shared votes
24 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
109 Aye 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 172 shared votes
109 Aye 63 No
93 Aye 50 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 143 shared votes
93 Aye 50 No
64 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 121 shared votes
64 Aye 57 No

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

Voting record

55.4%
17% below average
Rank 603 of 650
Participation
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 144 of 650
1,338
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,417 eligible divisions
759
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,101
55.4% of votes cast
579
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
888
44.6% of votes cast
21
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

44
-50.5 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 650
Appearances
172
+77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650
50
-114.6 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 650
Contributions
786
+621.4 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£292,669
29% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
9
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
147 of 212 votes
#1
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Transport
66 of 98 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 82 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Education
64 of 96 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 47 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