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Matthew Pennycook vs Dave Robertson

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

Photograph of Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Pennycook
Lab Greenwich and Woolwich
vs
Photograph of Dave Robertson
Dave Robertson
Lab Lichfield

Voting alignment

Matthew Pennycook and Dave Robertson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 484 shared comparable votes.

480 same votes 4 different votes 484 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 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 96 shared votes
52 Aye 44 No
31 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 96 shared votes
52 Aye 44 No
31 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 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 150 of 650
Participation
87.1%
15% above average
Rank 54 of 650
1,978
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
540
620 eligible divisions
1,093
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
288
53.3% of votes cast
885
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
252
46.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

153
+63.0 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 650
Appearances
117
+27.0 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 650
647
+490.4 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650
Contributions
152
-4.6 vs Commons average
Rank 222 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
£212,620
all imported IPSA years
£216,649
4% below average
Latest expenses
£212,620
6% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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

Housing
63 of 67 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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