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Matthew Pennycook vs Peter Fortune

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


Voting alignment

Matthew Pennycook and Peter Fortune voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 373 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 364 different votes 373 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
2 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 7 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
32 Aye 52 No
27 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 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
72.2%
same as average
Rank 375 of 649
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
426
590 eligible divisions
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
188
44.1% of votes cast
870
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
238
55.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% 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
123
+39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 649
670
+524.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Contributions
148
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 209 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
£180,830
all imported IPSA years
£216,649
4% below average
Latest expenses
£180,830
20% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
50 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API