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Gregory Stafford vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Gregory Stafford and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 366 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 358 different votes 366 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 29% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 12 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
35 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
52 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
52 Aye 35 No
13 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

76.5%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 650
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 150 of 650
474
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,978
2,406 eligible divisions
222
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,093
55.3% of votes cast
252
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
885
44.7% 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

160
+67.0 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
Appearances
157
+64.0 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
305
+143.0 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
Contributions
702
+540.0 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£192,386
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£192,386
15% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
5
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

Tax
102 of 114 votes
#1
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Crime / Justice
57 of 66 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 42 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API