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Matthew Pennycook vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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

Photograph of Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Pennycook
Lab Greenwich and Woolwich
vs
Photograph of Sir Andrew Mitchell
Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Matthew Pennycook and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,244 shared comparable votes.

93 same votes 1,151 different votes 1,244 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
18 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 80 No
Migration 9% aligned 106 shared votes
70 Aye 36 No
28 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
103 Aye 55 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 158 shared votes
61 Aye 97 No
21 Aye 32 No
Trade 6% aligned 53 shared votes
35 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 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
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
870
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

156
+74.2 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 649
Appearances
62
-19.8 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 649
667
+524.5 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Contributions
72
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 433 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
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£216,649
4% below average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Housing
63 of 67 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
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