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Matthew Pennycook vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Matthew Pennycook and Ben Lake voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,394 shared comparable votes.

1,201 same votes 193 different votes 1,394 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
93 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
93 Aye 68 No
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
39 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 61 shared votes
38 Aye 23 No
39 Aye 104 No
Migration 97% aligned 143 shared votes
37 Aye 106 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 2 No
Education 63% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
113 Aye 64 No
Tax 72% aligned 177 shared votes
121 Aye 56 No
34 Aye 23 No
Benefits 72% aligned 57 shared votes
34 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 8 No
Housing 76% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
25 Aye 30 No
Defence 78% aligned 55 shared votes
31 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
870
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

159
+75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
670
+524.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Contributions
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£216,649
4% below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Housing
63 of 67 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API