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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 1,159 shared comparable votes.

1,155 same votes 4 different votes 1,159 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 56 No
Tax 100% aligned 159 shared votes
103 Aye 56 No
39 Aye 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 126 shared votes
39 Aye 87 No
29 Aye 22 No
Benefits 100% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
61 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 128 shared votes
63 Aye 65 No
103 Aye 56 No
Tax 100% aligned 159 shared votes
103 Aye 56 No
39 Aye 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 126 shared votes
39 Aye 87 No
29 Aye 22 No
Benefits 100% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

76.4 %
3 % above average
Rank 285 of 647
Participation
82.4 %
9 % above average
Rank 159 of 647
1,226
1,605 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,914
2,323 eligible divisions
655
53.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,067
55.7 % of votes cast
571
46.6 % of votes cast
No votes
847
44.3 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

21
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 647
Appearances
71
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 647
30
-83.6 vs Commons average
Rank 548 of 647
Contributions
341
+227.4 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£1,064,427
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£264,884
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4 % below average
5
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
47 of 50 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Defence
53 of 58 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 66 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Environment / Climate
35 of 41 votes
#5
Migration
152 of 169 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API