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Kirsty Blackman vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Kirsty Blackman and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 1,100 shared comparable votes.

994 same votes 106 different votes 1,100 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
34 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 14 No
Energy 68% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
30 Aye 17 No
Benefits 77% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
113 Aye 60 No
Tax 77% aligned 173 shared votes
116 Aye 57 No
20 Aye 15 No
Digital / Online Safety 80% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 14 No
Defence 86% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

55.4%
17% below average
Rank 603 of 650
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 150 of 650
1,333
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,978
2,406 eligible divisions
761
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,093
55.3% of votes cast
572
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
885
44.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

101
+10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 650
Appearances
155
+64.4 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 650
149
-8.6 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
Contributions
678
+520.4 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
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

Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
#1
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Trade
83 of 94 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API