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Steve Race vs Matthew Pennycook

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

Photograph of Steve Race
Steve Race
Lab Exeter
vs
Photograph of Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Pennycook
Lab Greenwich and Woolwich

Voting alignment

Steve Race and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 417 shared comparable votes.

417 same votes 0 different votes 417 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
52 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
52 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
29 Aye 10 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
52 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
29 Aye 10 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

86.4 %
13 % above average
Rank 78 of 647
Participation
82.4 %
9 % above average
Rank 159 of 647
464
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,914
2,323 eligible divisions
254
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,067
55.7 % of votes cast
210
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
847
44.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

67
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 647
Appearances
71
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 647
80
-33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 647
Contributions
341
+227.2 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£194,803
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£194,803
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 66 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Transport
25 of 25 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#5
Migration
152 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
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