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Gareth Thomas vs Matthew Pennycook
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Gareth Thomas and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,495 shared comparable votes.
1,493 same votes
2 different votes
1,495 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
66.5%
6% below average
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
684
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
43
-40.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
159
+75.3 vs Commons average
48
-97.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
670
+524.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
14
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API