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Paul Davies vs Matthew Pennycook

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

Photograph of Paul Davies
Paul Davies
Lab Colne Valley
vs
Photograph of Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Pennycook
Lab Greenwich and Woolwich

Voting alignment

Paul Davies and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 516 shared comparable votes.

516 same votes 0 different votes 516 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
55 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
55 Aye 44 No
32 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
55 Aye 44 No
32 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

94.2%
22% above average
Rank 2 of 650
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 150 of 650
584
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,978
2,406 eligible divisions
296
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,093
55.3% of votes cast
288
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
885
44.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

52
-41.0 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
Appearances
157
+64.0 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
61
-101.0 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 650
Contributions
702
+540.0 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,533
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£194,533
14% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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