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Matthew Pennycook vs Cat Smith

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


Voting alignment

Matthew Pennycook and Cat Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,625 shared comparable votes.

1,620 same votes 5 different votes 1,625 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 74 No
Tax 100% aligned 197 shared votes
123 Aye 74 No
109 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 178 shared votes
109 Aye 69 No
72 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 151 shared votes
72 Aye 79 No
38 Aye 107 No
Migration 100% aligned 145 shared votes
38 Aye 107 No
32 Aye 39 No
Transport 100% aligned 71 shared votes
32 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 24 No
Benefits 97% aligned 60 shared votes
36 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 29 No
Trade 98% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
123 Aye 74 No
Tax 100% aligned 197 shared votes
123 Aye 74 No
109 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 178 shared votes
109 Aye 69 No
72 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 151 shared votes
72 Aye 79 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
72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
931
54.0% of votes cast
870
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
792
46.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

159
+75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
Appearances
20
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
670
+524.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Contributions
26
-119.9 vs Commons average
Rank 592 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
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£216,649
4% below average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Housing
63 of 67 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 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