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Matthew Pennycook vs Rupert Lowe

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


Voting alignment

Matthew Pennycook and Rupert Lowe voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 169 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 166 different votes 169 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
6 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
30 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 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 149 of 649
Participation
33.2 %
39 % below average
Rank 638 of 649
1,945
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
191
575 eligible divisions
1,081
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
92
48.2 % of votes cast
864
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
99
51.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.5 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

134
+56.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Appearances
33
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 650
552
+413.7 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 650
Contributions
42
-96.3 vs Commons average
Rank 525 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
£147,223
all imported IPSA years
£216,649
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£147,223
35 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
60
8 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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Housing
62 of 66 votes
#2
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Tax
55 of 111 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#4
Energy
9 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#5
Trade
3 of 7 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API