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Rebecca Paul vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Rebecca Paul and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 360 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 352 different votes 360 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 16 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
30 Aye 42 No
Tax 1% aligned 72 shared votes
41 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

78.8%
6% above average
Rank 226 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
465
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
209
44.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
256
55.1% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

101
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 649
Appearances
156
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 649
146
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 649
Contributions
667
+524.7 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£124,847
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£124,847
45% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
6
4 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API