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Helen Grant vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Helen Grant and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,462 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 1,389 different votes 1,462 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
12 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 27 No
Energy 7% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
71 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 177 shared votes
108 Aye 69 No
15 Aye 34 No
Benefits 4% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No
62 Aye 39 No
Migration 4% aligned 101 shared votes
35 Aye 66 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
70 Aye 131 No
Tax 1% aligned 201 shared votes
130 Aye 71 No

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

Voting record

73.7%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,751
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
826
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
925
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

16
-66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 649
Appearances
157
+74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
27
-116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 587 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

£2,650,269
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£276,159
22% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
9
6 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

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
54 of 60 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Defence
59 of 71 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