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Mrs Kemi Badenoch vs Matthew Pennycook

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

Photograph of Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex
vs
Photograph of Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Pennycook
Lab Greenwich and Woolwich

Voting alignment

Mrs Kemi Badenoch and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,196 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,150 different votes 1,196 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
8 Aye 28 No
Education 6% aligned 36 shared votes
30 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 23 No
Energy 6% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
84 Aye 39 No
Migration 3% aligned 123 shared votes
35 Aye 88 No
58 Aye 89 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 147 shared votes
89 Aye 58 No
16 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
32 Aye 30 No
27 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

66.7%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,415
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
702
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
713
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
3
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

66
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 649
Appearances
159
+75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
277
+131.1 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
Contributions
670
+524.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£278,687
23% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
19
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
4
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

Brexit / EU
167 of 188 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
73 of 87 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Migration
134 of 163 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Energy
45 of 59 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API