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Lee Anderson vs Matthew Pennycook

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

Photograph of Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield
vs
Photograph of Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Pennycook
Lab Greenwich and Woolwich

Voting alignment

Lee Anderson and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,053 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,009 different votes 1,053 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
31 Aye 11 No
Transport 7% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 23 No
Energy 6% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 24 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 29 No
Education 5% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 18 No
Housing 4% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

75.2%
3% above average
Rank 306 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
626
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
621
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
10
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 649
Appearances
159
+75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
80
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
Contributions
670
+524.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£264,074
17% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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

Trade
53 of 53 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Migration
134 of 154 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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