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Wera Hobhouse vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 1,376 shared comparable votes.

1,112 same votes 264 different votes 1,376 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
90 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 156 shared votes
90 Aye 66 No
38 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 59 shared votes
40 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 89 No
Migration 97% aligned 115 shared votes
26 Aye 89 No
20 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 96% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 94% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 23 No
Education 38% aligned 48 shared votes
37 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 51% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
94 Aye 69 No
Tax 58% aligned 163 shared votes
107 Aye 56 No
17 Aye 36 No
Devolution / Local Government 60% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 18 No
Benefits 64% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
844
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
710
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

141
+58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 649
Appearances
156
+73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 649
185
+42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649
Contributions
667
+524.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
12
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

#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Trade
70 of 87 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API