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Stephen Doughty vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,487 shared comparable votes.

1,469 same votes 18 different votes 1,487 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
115 Aye 67 No
Tax 100% aligned 182 shared votes
115 Aye 67 No
78 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 144 shared votes
78 Aye 66 No
38 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
38 Aye 85 No
33 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
31 Aye 28 No
Transport 100% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
96 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 163 shared votes
99 Aye 64 No
38 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 57 shared votes
37 Aye 20 No
115 Aye 67 No
Tax 100% aligned 182 shared votes
115 Aye 67 No
78 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 144 shared votes
78 Aye 66 No
38 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
38 Aye 85 No

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

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 650
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 150 of 650
1,588
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,965
2,390 eligible divisions
910
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,090
55.5% of votes cast
678
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
875
44.5% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

82
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
Appearances
152
+65.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 650
408
+256.6 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 650
Contributions
645
+493.6 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
0
0 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
177 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 70 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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