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James Asser vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

James Asser and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 483 shared comparable votes.

469 same votes 14 different votes 483 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
45 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
45 Aye 43 No
24 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
45 Aye 43 No
24 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

85.7%
13% above average
Rank 74 of 650
Participation
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 650
545
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,994
2,422 eligible divisions
275
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,104
55.4% of votes cast
270
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
890
44.6% of votes cast
14
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

59
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
Appearances
172
+75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
77
-91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
Contributions
785
+616.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£173,878
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£173,878
23% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
2
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

Benefits
32 of 32 votes
#1
Housing
64 of 68 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API