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Matthew Pennycook vs Patrick Spencer

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


Voting alignment

Matthew Pennycook and Patrick Spencer voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 359 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 353 different votes 359 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
15 Aye 7 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
34 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
40 Aye 34 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
40 Aye 34 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 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
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 424 of 649
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
415
590 eligible divisions
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
193
46.5% of votes cast
870
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
222
53.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

159
+75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
Appearances
10
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 649
670
+524.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Contributions
10
-135.9 vs Commons average
Rank 624 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
£159,842
all imported IPSA years
£216,649
4% below average
Latest expenses
£159,842
29% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
4 of 4 votes
Housing
63 of 67 votes
#2
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API