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Matthew Pennycook vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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


Voting alignment

Matthew Pennycook and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,571 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 1,496 different votes 1,571 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
34 Aye 34 No
Trade 7% aligned 68 shared votes
33 Aye 35 No
30 Aye 16 No
Energy 7% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 6% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
33 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 60 shared votes
27 Aye 33 No
29 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 27 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
32 Aye 13 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
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
870
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

157
+74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
Appearances
126
+43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
668
+524.5 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Contributions
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 144 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£216,649
4% below average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Housing
63 of 67 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 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