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Rebecca Long Bailey vs Matthew Pennycook

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

Photograph of Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford
vs
Photograph of Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Pennycook
Lab Greenwich and Woolwich

Voting alignment

Rebecca Long Bailey and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,742 shared comparable votes.

1,714 same votes 28 different votes 1,742 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
134 Aye 78 No
Tax 100% aligned 212 shared votes
134 Aye 78 No
112 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 177 shared votes
112 Aye 65 No
36 Aye 40 No
Transport 100% aligned 76 shared votes
36 Aye 40 No
44 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 70 shared votes
44 Aye 26 No
33 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 23 No
Benefits 90% aligned 63 shared votes
40 Aye 23 No
32 Aye 16 No
Energy 98% aligned 48 shared votes
33 Aye 15 No
45 Aye 25 No
Education 99% aligned 70 shared votes
46 Aye 24 No
38 Aye 38 No
Trade 99% aligned 76 shared votes
39 Aye 37 No
37 Aye 102 No
Migration 99% aligned 139 shared votes
38 Aye 101 No

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

Voting record

76.8%
4% above average
Rank 268 of 650
Participation
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 144 of 650
1,856
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,417 eligible divisions
1,021
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,101
55.4% of votes cast
835
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
888
44.6% of votes cast
26
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

65
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
Appearances
172
+77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650
66
-98.6 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 650
Contributions
786
+621.4 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£259,636
15% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
5
1 registered category
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

Defence
68 of 71 votes
#1
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye rebel
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No rebel
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
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
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