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Katie Lam vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 326 different votes 333 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 16 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
37 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
44 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
44 Aye 37 No
13 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

68.0%
5% below average
Rank 465 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
401
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
194
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
207
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

107
+24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
156
+73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 649
128
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649
Contributions
667
+524.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£223,662
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
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

Tax
102 of 112 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 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