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Tahir Ali vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,207 shared comparable votes.

1,201 same votes 6 different votes 1,207 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
103 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 163 shared votes
103 Aye 60 No
39 Aye 88 No
Migration 100% aligned 127 shared votes
39 Aye 88 No
30 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
62 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 132 shared votes
64 Aye 68 No
103 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 163 shared votes
103 Aye 60 No
39 Aye 88 No
Migration 100% aligned 127 shared votes
39 Aye 88 No
30 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

76.1%
4% above average
Rank 285 of 650
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 151 of 650
1,284
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,978
2,406 eligible divisions
676
52.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,093
55.3% of votes cast
608
47.4% of votes cast
No votes
885
44.7% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

35
-55.0 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650
Appearances
153
+63.0 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 650
52
-104.6 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 650
Contributions
647
+490.4 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,069,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£269,557
19% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
4
3 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

Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
#1
Housing
63 of 67 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Crime / Justice
150 of 178 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