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Richard Foord vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 58% of the time, based on 582 shared comparable votes.

335 same votes 247 different votes 582 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
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 54 No
Migration 97% aligned 69 shared votes
17 Aye 52 No
16 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 1 No
Trade 88% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
22 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 84% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 2 No
Transport 10% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 9 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 22 No
Education 14% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
42 Aye 37 No
Tax 24% aligned 79 shared votes
50 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 10 No
Defence 38% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

61.1%
12% below average
Rank 566 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

244
+160.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
159
+75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 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

£772,982
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
6
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
24 of 29 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Migration
74 of 97 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