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Graeme Downie vs Matthew Pennycook

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

Photograph of Graeme Downie
Graeme Downie
Lab Dunfermline and Dollar
vs
Photograph of Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Pennycook
Lab Greenwich and Woolwich

Voting alignment

Graeme Downie and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 327 shared comparable votes.

327 same votes 0 different votes 327 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
31 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
10 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
10 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

64.2%
8% below average
Rank 527 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
379
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
165
43.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
214
56.5% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

73
-10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
Appearances
159
+75.4 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 650
97
-48.7 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 650
Contributions
670
+524.3 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£234,085
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£234,085
3% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
4
2 registered categories
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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