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Dr Allison Gardner vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Dr Allison Gardner and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 467 shared comparable votes.

455 same votes 12 different votes 467 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
53 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
53 Aye 39 No
30 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
30 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
53 Aye 39 No
30 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
30 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 120 of 650
Participation
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 650
531
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,994
2,422 eligible divisions
259
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,104
55.4% of votes cast
272
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
890
44.6% of votes cast
13
2.4% 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

106
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 650
Appearances
172
+75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
155
-13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 246 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

£200,981
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£200,981
11% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
2
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Housing
64 of 68 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Housing
32 of 33 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
40 of 42 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