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Paul Holmes vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,136 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 1,089 different votes 1,136 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
11 Aye 20 No
Energy 6% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 25 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
702
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
708
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

114
+30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 650
Appearances
159
+75.4 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 650
387
+241.3 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 650
Contributions
670
+524.3 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API