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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 459 shared comparable votes.

458 same votes 1 different votes 459 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 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
44 Aye 36 No
26 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 89% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
44 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
44 Aye 36 No
26 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

87.8%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
518
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
258
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
260
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
Appearances
157
+74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 649
Contributions
668
+524.5 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649

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
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API