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Mr Paul Foster vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 461 shared comparable votes.

453 same votes 8 different votes 461 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
53 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
53 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
53 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

82.1%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 650
Participation
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 143 of 650
520
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,991
2,419 eligible divisions
262
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,103
55.4% of votes cast
258
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
888
44.6% of votes cast
8
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

52
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
Appearances
172
+77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650
90
-74.6 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
Contributions
786
+621.4 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£194,848
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Transport
31 of 32 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API