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Rachel Blake vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Blake and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 413 shared comparable votes.

411 same votes 2 different votes 413 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
52 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
52 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
52 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

83.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 131 of 650
Participation
82.5 %
10 % above average
Rank 151 of 650
466
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,934
2,344 eligible divisions
239
51.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,074
55.5 % of votes cast
227
48.7 % of votes cast
No votes
860
44.5 % of votes cast
2
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

66
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650
Appearances
128
+57.7 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 650
100
-24.8 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650
Contributions
567
+442.2 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£172,923
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£172,923
24 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
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

Energy
17 of 17 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Defence
64 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API