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Matthew Pennycook vs Afzal Khan

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


Voting alignment

Matthew Pennycook and Afzal Khan voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,580 shared comparable votes.

1,573 same votes 7 different votes 1,580 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
123 Aye 73 No
Tax 100% aligned 196 shared votes
123 Aye 73 No
97 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 163 shared votes
97 Aye 66 No
74 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 150 shared votes
74 Aye 76 No
39 Aye 94 No
Migration 100% aligned 133 shared votes
39 Aye 94 No
32 Aye 41 No
Transport 100% aligned 73 shared votes
32 Aye 41 No
Most different by topic
123 Aye 73 No
Tax 100% aligned 196 shared votes
123 Aye 73 No
97 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 163 shared votes
97 Aye 66 No
74 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 150 shared votes
74 Aye 76 No
39 Aye 94 No
Migration 100% aligned 133 shared votes
39 Aye 94 No
32 Aye 41 No
Transport 100% aligned 73 shared votes
32 Aye 41 No

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

Voting record

82.4 %
10 % above average
Rank 149 of 649
Participation
78.7 %
6 % above average
Rank 229 of 649
1,945
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,657
2,106 eligible divisions
1,081
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
925
55.8 % of votes cast
864
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
732
44.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

134
+56.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Appearances
40
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 650
552
+413.7 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 650
Contributions
44
-94.3 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,767,463
all imported IPSA years
£216,649
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£247,867
10 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Housing
62 of 66 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
48 of 52 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
64 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
44 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API