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Jeremy Corbyn vs Matthew Pennycook

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

Photograph of Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn
YP Islington North
vs
Photograph of Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Pennycook
Lab Greenwich and Woolwich

Voting alignment

Jeremy Corbyn and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 1,367 shared comparable votes.

1,234 same votes 133 different votes 1,367 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
105 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 172 shared votes
105 Aye 67 No
28 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
30 Aye 103 No
Migration 98% aligned 133 shared votes
29 Aye 104 No
24 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 18 No
Education 69% aligned 48 shared votes
35 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 25 No
Housing 73% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 17 No
Benefits 76% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 19 No
Defence 85% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
67 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 86% aligned 133 shared votes
68 Aye 65 No

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

Voting record

62.3 %
11 % below average
Rank 554 of 647
Participation
82.4 %
10 % above average
Rank 154 of 647
1,453
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,923
2,333 eligible divisions
802
55.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,069
55.6 % of votes cast
651
44.8 % of votes cast
No votes
854
44.4 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

105
+38.8 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 650
Appearances
111
+44.8 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 650
146
+28.2 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 650
Contributions
515
+397.2 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,714,849
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£284,788
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4 % below average
29
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
4
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

Migration
142 of 169 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 66 votes
Housing
51 of 66 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 75 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Foreign Affairs
48 of 69 votes
#5
Defence
58 of 64 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API