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Linsey Farnsworth vs Matthew Pennycook

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

Photograph of Linsey Farnsworth
Linsey Farnsworth
Lab Amber Valley
vs
Photograph of Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Pennycook
Lab Greenwich and Woolwich

Voting alignment

Linsey Farnsworth and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 433 shared comparable votes.

432 same votes 1 different votes 433 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
52 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
52 Aye 37 No
31 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
52 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
52 Aye 37 No
31 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 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 53 of 650
Participation
82.5 %
10 % above average
Rank 151 of 650
490
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,934
2,344 eligible divisions
255
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,074
55.5 % of votes cast
235
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
860
44.5 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

65
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 650
Appearances
127
+57.2 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 650
119
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 650
Contributions
565
+441.1 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£216,552
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£216,552
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4 % below average
2
1 registered category
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 66 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
64 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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