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Sir Julian Lewis vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Lewis and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,593 shared comparable votes.

78 same votes 1,515 different votes 1,593 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
26 Aye 32 No
Defence 12% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
34 Aye 36 No
Trade 9% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 No
17 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
77 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 147 shared votes
69 Aye 78 No
14 Aye 36 No
Benefits 6% aligned 50 shared votes
33 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 48 No
Education 0% aligned 69 shared votes
48 Aye 21 No
29 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
34 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 29 No
Housing 0% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
899
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
41
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

361
+278.7 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
Appearances
157
+74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
478
+334.5 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 649
Contributions
668
+524.5 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£212,155
6% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
2
2 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

Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
83 of 91 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API