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Priti Patel vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Priti Patel and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,258 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,204 different votes 1,258 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
60 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 168 shared votes
106 Aye 62 No
71 Aye 29 No
Migration 4% aligned 100 shared votes
25 Aye 75 No
13 Aye 14 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
52 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 105 shared votes
54 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 33 No
Education 0% aligned 49 shared votes
33 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 28 No
Housing 0% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 25 No
Benefits 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
666
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
800
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
14
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
159
+75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 356 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

£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£244,429
8% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
12
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
12
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
189 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Housing
52 of 67 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Tax
217 of 322 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API