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Valerie Vaz vs Matthew Pennycook
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Valerie Vaz and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,734 shared comparable votes.
1,723 same votes
11 different votes
1,734 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
76.8%
4% above average
Participation
82.3%
10% above average
1,833
2,388 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,965
2,388 eligible divisions
1,030
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,090
55.5% of votes cast
803
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
875
44.5% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
30
-56.4 vs Commons average
Appearances
152
+65.6 vs Commons average
14
-136.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
645
+494.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API