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Derek Twigg vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Derek Twigg and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,330 shared comparable votes.

1,304 same votes 26 different votes 1,330 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
123 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 184 shared votes
123 Aye 61 No
97 Aye 46 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 143 shared votes
97 Aye 46 No
28 Aye 54 No
Migration 100% aligned 82 shared votes
28 Aye 54 No
24 Aye 35 No
Transport 100% aligned 59 shared votes
24 Aye 35 No
36 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 52 shared votes
36 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 16 No
Benefits 94% aligned 48 shared votes
33 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 26 No
Trade 98% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
69 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 127 shared votes
69 Aye 58 No
123 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 184 shared votes
123 Aye 61 No
97 Aye 46 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 143 shared votes
97 Aye 46 No

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

Voting record

58.2%
14% below average
Rank 588 of 650
Participation
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 144 of 650
1,407
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,417 eligible divisions
812
57.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,101
55.4% of votes cast
595
42.3% of votes cast
No votes
888
44.6% of votes cast
27
1.9% 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

54
-40.5 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 650
Appearances
172
+77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650
45
-119.6 vs Commons average
Rank 554 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

£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£227,917
1% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
1
1 registered category
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

#1
Housing
63 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Brexit / EU
145 of 212 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 82 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
32 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