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Sir Mel Stride vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,539 shared comparable votes.

80 same votes 1,459 different votes 1,539 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
17 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
69 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 176 shared votes
110 Aye 66 No
78 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 150 shared votes
79 Aye 71 No
18 Aye 31 No
Education 4% aligned 49 shared votes
33 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 66 shared votes
32 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
15 Aye 31 No
Benefits 0% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

77.9%
5% above average
Rank 248 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649
Appearances
157
+74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
47
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 515 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

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
9
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Trade
75 of 91 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