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Jeff Smith vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,467 shared comparable votes.

1,462 same votes 5 different votes 1,467 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
124 Aye 78 No
Tax 100% aligned 202 shared votes
124 Aye 78 No
30 Aye 99 No
Migration 100% aligned 129 shared votes
30 Aye 99 No
62 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 128 shared votes
62 Aye 66 No
38 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 58 shared votes
38 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
77 Aye 34 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 111 shared votes
80 Aye 31 No
29 Aye 19 No
Energy 98% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
124 Aye 78 No
Tax 100% aligned 202 shared votes
124 Aye 78 No
30 Aye 99 No
Migration 100% aligned 129 shared votes
30 Aye 99 No
62 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 128 shared votes
62 Aye 66 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

55
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
Appearances
159
+75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
71
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
670
+524.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 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