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Matthew Pennycook vs Olivia Bailey

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


Voting alignment

Matthew Pennycook and Olivia Bailey voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 429 shared comparable votes.

419 same votes 10 different votes 429 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
43 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
43 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
43 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

82.3%
10% above average
Rank 143 of 650
Participation
74.1%
2% above average
Rank 328 of 650
1,991
2,419 eligible divisions
Total votes
469
633 eligible divisions
1,103
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
234
49.9% of votes cast
888
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
235
50.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
10
2.1% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

172
+77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650
Appearances
78
-16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 650
786
+621.4 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 650
Contributions
215
+50.4 vs Commons average
Rank 150 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
£210,175
all imported IPSA years
£216,649
4% below average
Latest expenses
£210,175
7% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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

Housing
63 of 67 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
#3
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#4
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API