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Matthew Pennycook vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Matthew Pennycook and Peter Dowd voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,554 shared comparable votes.

1,551 same votes 3 different votes 1,554 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
145 Aye 92 No
Tax 100% aligned 237 shared votes
145 Aye 92 No
106 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 171 shared votes
106 Aye 65 No
70 Aye 81 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 151 shared votes
70 Aye 81 No
36 Aye 55 No
Migration 100% aligned 91 shared votes
36 Aye 55 No
45 Aye 26 No
Education 100% aligned 71 shared votes
45 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 18 No
Benefits 93% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
145 Aye 92 No
Tax 100% aligned 237 shared votes
145 Aye 92 No
106 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 171 shared votes
106 Aye 65 No
70 Aye 81 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 151 shared votes
70 Aye 81 No
36 Aye 55 No
Migration 100% aligned 91 shared votes
36 Aye 55 No

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

Voting record

82.4%
10% above average
Rank 148 of 649
Participation
69.2%
4% below average
Rank 448 of 649
1,949
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,366 eligible divisions
1,082
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
867
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% 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

136
+57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 649
Appearances
41
-37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 649
555
+417.9 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
Contributions
29
-108.1 vs Commons average
Rank 574 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£216,649
4% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% 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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Housing
62 of 66 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API