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Laura Kyrke-Smith vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Laura Kyrke-Smith and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 482 shared comparable votes.

481 same votes 1 different votes 482 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
44 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
44 Aye 37 No
24 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 90% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
44 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
44 Aye 37 No
24 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

87.7%
15% above average
Rank 44 of 650
Participation
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 650
550
627 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,985
2,413 eligible divisions
276
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,100
55.4% of votes cast
274
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
885
44.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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 179 of 650
Appearances
165
+71.4 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
131
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 291 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

£198,951
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£198,951
12% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
7
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

#1
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API