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Lucy Powell vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,499 shared comparable votes.

1,498 same votes 1 different votes 1,499 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
131 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 199 shared votes
131 Aye 68 No
108 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 172 shared votes
108 Aye 64 No
67 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 141 shared votes
67 Aye 74 No
27 Aye 90 No
Migration 100% aligned 117 shared votes
27 Aye 90 No
50 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 72 shared votes
50 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
131 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 199 shared votes
131 Aye 68 No
108 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 172 shared votes
108 Aye 64 No
67 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 141 shared votes
67 Aye 74 No
27 Aye 90 No
Migration 100% aligned 117 shared votes
27 Aye 90 No
50 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 72 shared votes
50 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

17
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
Appearances
159
+75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
147
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 213 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

£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
13
5 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

Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API