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John McDonnell vs Matthew Pennycook

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

Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington
vs
Photograph of Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Pennycook
Lab Greenwich and Woolwich

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,757 shared comparable votes.

1,715 same votes 42 different votes 1,757 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
148 Aye 81 No
Tax 100% aligned 229 shared votes
148 Aye 81 No
109 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 179 shared votes
109 Aye 70 No
31 Aye 41 No
Transport 100% aligned 72 shared votes
31 Aye 41 No
29 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No
37 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 60 shared votes
37 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 22 No
Benefits 87% aligned 63 shared votes
39 Aye 24 No
45 Aye 26 No
Education 90% aligned 71 shared votes
50 Aye 21 No
31 Aye 21 No
Energy 94% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
33 Aye 13 No
Digital / Online Safety 96% aligned 46 shared votes
33 Aye 13 No
39 Aye 111 No
Migration 97% aligned 150 shared votes
39 Aye 111 No

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

Voting record

79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
860
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
24
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

128
+44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
Appearances
159
+75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 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

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
7
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No rebel
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No rebel
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye rebel
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No rebel
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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