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David Williams vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

David Williams and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 479 shared comparable votes.

465 same votes 14 different votes 479 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
49 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
49 Aye 34 No
32 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
49 Aye 34 No
32 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

83.3%
11% above average
Rank 123 of 650
Participation
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 650
530
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,994
2,422 eligible divisions
269
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,104
55.4% of votes cast
261
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
890
44.6% of votes cast
15
2.8% 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

73
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 650
Appearances
172
+75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
93
-75.9 vs Commons average
Rank 415 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

£176,534
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£176,534
22% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
2
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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Housing
64 of 68 votes
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 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