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Ruth Jones vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Ruth Jones and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,246 shared comparable votes.

1,244 same votes 2 different votes 1,246 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
104 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 157 shared votes
104 Aye 53 No
34 Aye 100 No
Migration 100% aligned 134 shared votes
34 Aye 100 No
60 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 131 shared votes
60 Aye 71 No
31 Aye 32 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
42 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 61 shared votes
42 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
104 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 157 shared votes
104 Aye 53 No
34 Aye 100 No
Migration 100% aligned 134 shared votes
34 Aye 100 No
60 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 131 shared votes
60 Aye 71 No
31 Aye 32 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
42 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 61 shared votes
42 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
694
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
643
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
16
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
7 years, 6 months
Since 4 Apr 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 649
Appearances
159
+75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
78
-67.9 vs Commons average
Rank 418 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

£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£296,369
31% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
5
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

#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Education
61 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Migration
136 of 154 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API