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Edward Argar vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,777 shared comparable votes.

84 same votes 1,693 different votes 1,777 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
73 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 180 shared votes
112 Aye 68 No
22 Aye 31 No
Energy 6% aligned 53 shared votes
34 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
86 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 164 shared votes
80 Aye 84 No
17 Aye 38 No
Benefits 4% aligned 55 shared votes
36 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 32 No
Defence 0% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
38 Aye 23 No
33 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 61 shared votes
28 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 34 No
Housing 0% aligned 58 shared votes
34 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
157
+74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 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

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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
209 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API