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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 351 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 344 different votes 351 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
38 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
44 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
44 Aye 38 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

68.4%
4% below average
Rank 451 of 650
Participation
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 650
429
627 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,985
2,413 eligible divisions
206
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,100
55.4% of votes cast
223
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
885
44.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

109
+15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 650
Appearances
165
+71.4 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
134
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Contributions
741
+578.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 650

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
14
5 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
103 of 114 votes
#1
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Trade
8 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 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