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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,552 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,483 different votes 1,552 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
13 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 25 No
Energy 7% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 22 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
67 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 173 shared votes
106 Aye 67 No
7 Aye 24 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 72 shared votes
34 Aye 38 No
26 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 32 No
Housing 0% aligned 54 shared votes
32 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
971
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

73
-10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
Appearances
159
+75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
90
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 371 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

£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
10
5 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API