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Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 411 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 388 different votes 411 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
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 16 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
38 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 92 shared votes
54 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 92 shared votes
54 Aye 38 No
13 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

78.1%
6% above average
Rank 239 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
461
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
206
44.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
255
55.3% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
17
3.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

112
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 649
Appearances
157
+74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
141
-2.5 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 649
Contributions
668
+524.5 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£202,248
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£202,248
11% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API