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Jack Abbott vs Matthew Pennycook

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

Photograph of Jack Abbott
Jack Abbott
Lab Ipswich
vs
Photograph of Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Pennycook
Lab Greenwich and Woolwich

Voting alignment

Jack Abbott and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 457 shared comparable votes.

455 same votes 2 different votes 457 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
53 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 93 shared votes
53 Aye 40 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 93 shared votes
53 Aye 40 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

91.2 %
18 % above average
Rank 13 of 650
Participation
82.5 %
10 % above average
Rank 154 of 650
505
554 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,930
2,340 eligible divisions
250
49.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,070
55.4 % of votes cast
255
50.5 % of votes cast
No votes
860
44.6 % of votes cast
3
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

20
-47.8 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 650
Appearances
123
+55.2 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 650
27
-93.4 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 650
Contributions
561
+440.6 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£181,106
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£181,106
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4 % below average
6
3 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

Crime / Justice
61 of 61 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Education
49 of 49 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 66 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Defence
33 of 33 votes
#4
Defence
64 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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