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Matthew Pennycook vs Mr Toby Perkins

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


Voting alignment

Matthew Pennycook and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,654 shared comparable votes.

1,648 same votes 6 different votes 1,654 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
129 Aye 79 No
Tax 100% aligned 208 shared votes
129 Aye 79 No
38 Aye 104 No
Migration 100% aligned 142 shared votes
38 Aye 104 No
31 Aye 38 No
Transport 100% aligned 69 shared votes
31 Aye 38 No
32 Aye 35 No
Trade 100% aligned 67 shared votes
32 Aye 35 No
48 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 64 shared votes
48 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
79 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 153 shared votes
78 Aye 75 No
109 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 175 shared votes
110 Aye 65 No
129 Aye 79 No
Tax 100% aligned 208 shared votes
129 Aye 79 No
38 Aye 104 No
Migration 100% aligned 142 shared votes
38 Aye 104 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 347 of 649
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.1% of votes cast
870
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
783
44.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

159
+75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
Appearances
103
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
670
+524.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Contributions
160
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 187 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£216,649
4% below average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Housing
63 of 67 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API