Greenwich & Woolwich / data
Matthew Pennycook · Labour Party · sitting since 07 May 2015 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
4005days
from 07 May 2015
Divisions
443
of 504 possible
Attendance
88%
61 absent / paired
Whip alignment
100%
vs party majority
Speeches
1,129
93 debates
Written Qs
0
tabled
Committees
0
memberships
Expenses
£217k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 49 claims
Interests
0
Register
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 92 | |
| Economy | 87 | |
| Employment | 47 | |
| Education | 41 | |
| Crime & Policing | 30 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 29 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 26 | |
| Housing | 23 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Crime | 1 | — |
| Housing | 84 | 158,595 |
| Local Government | 59 | 120,612 |
| Environment | 26 | 100,960 |
| Economy Jobs | 13 | 27,356 |
| Energy | 5 | 18,472 |
| Cost Of Living | 8 | 14,603 |
| Technology | 4 | 7,573 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
No notable votes recorded for this MP yet.
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2026 | Draft Provision of Information (Contractual Control) (Registered Land) Regulations 2026Committee rose. HousingEconomy JobsLocal Government | 2 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Draft Provision of Information (Contractual Control) (Registered Land) Regulations 2026I thank the shadow Minister for his thoughtful remarks in scrutinising these important regulations. I stress again that the regulations have benefits for local planning authorities… HousingEconomy JobsLocal Government | 531 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Draft Provision of Information (Contractual Control) (Registered Land) Regulations 2026I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Provision of Information (Contractual Control) (Registered Land) Regulations 2026. It is a pleasure to serve with you in … HousingEconomy JobsLocal Government | 891 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Housing Needs: Young PeopleIn all candour, I am not entirely sure that I follow the hon. Gentleman’s point. However, he will know from the recent consultation on a revised national planning policy framework … HousingEconomy JobsSocial Care | 127 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Housing Needs: Young PeopleI will not give way, because we are continuing a very long exchange that we have had over many months. I know he has other proposals on taxation that he would like to see happen, b… HousingEconomy JobsSocial Care | 73 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Housing Needs: Young PeopleGo on, then. HousingEconomy JobsSocial Care | 3 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Housing Needs: Young PeopleI am aware of the point that the right hon. Member raises. To respond to his wider point about oversight, like all affordable providers of social housing, housing associations are … HousingEconomy JobsSocial Care | 214 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Housing Needs: Young PeopleThe hon. Gentleman has made that point before, and he knows that I am well aware of the issue. We continue to keep under review measures relating to taxation, as well as looking at… HousingEconomy JobsSocial Care | 700 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Housing Needs: Young PeopleIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Butler. I congratulate the hon. Members for Mid Dunbartonshire (Susan Murray) and for Taunton and Wellington (Gideon Amos) on se… HousingEconomy JobsSocial Care | 981 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Housing Needs: Young PeopleWe have. HousingEconomy JobsSocial Care | 2 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Protecting the Green BeltIt is anything but a dishonest concoction. As I have said, grey-belt land is determined by local planning authorities where it does not meet the purposes of the green belt, as set … HousingEnvironment | 124 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Leasehold ReformThe Government continue to steadily implement those reforms to the leasehold system that are already in statute and to progress the wider set of reforms necessary to end the leaseh… Housing | 55 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Social Homes: Furnished TenanciesI thank my hon. Friend for his question and commend Karbon Homes for its commitment to furnished tenancies. While such tenancies are not mandatory, we know that many social landlor… HousingSocial Care | 79 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Social Homes: Furnished TenanciesThe Government recognise that a far smaller proportion of social rented homes are let as furnished or partly furnished, compared with the private rented sector. In our response to … HousingSocial Care | 88 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Leasehold ReformI am determined to switch on the improved leaseholder consumer rights provided for by the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, including service charge standardisation and trans… Housing | 102 |
D · Written questions
No written questions tabled by this MP in our records.
E · Committees
No committee memberships recorded for this MP.
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 42 | 10,677 | 4.9% |
| Staffing | 4 | 200,893 | 92.6% |
| Miscellaneous | 0 | 5,344 | 2.5% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pooled staffing services | Office Costs | 1 | 4,600 |
| Website hosting and design | Office Costs | 2 | 2,523 |
| Newspapers, journals, magazines | Office Costs | 12 | 1,326 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 15 | 1,028 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 4 | 697 |
| Bought-in services | Office Costs | 1 | 258 |
| Hospitality | Office Costs | 5 | 151 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 2 | 96 |
| Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Staffing | 4 | 25 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Bought-in services | Parliamentary accountancy | 258 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Hospitality | Bottled water for meeting with stakeholders. | 3 | Paid |
| 14 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Website hosting and design | Hosting and security updates (60%) and visual refresh, content updates and new constituent enquiry forms (40%) for www.matthewpennycook.com website used solely… | 2,500 | Paid |
| 02 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | ADOBE PREMIERE PRO | 22 | Paid |
| 28 Feb 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 9 | Paid |
| 27 Feb 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 3 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 8 | Paid |
| 25 Feb 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 6 | Paid |
| 02 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | INSIDE HOUSING SUBSCRI | 211 | Paid |
| 01 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | ADOBE PREMIERE PRO | 22 | Paid |
| 06 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner February 2025 | 76 | Paid |
| 06 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner February 2025 | 20 | Paid |
| 01 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | ADOBE PREMIERE PRO | 22 | Paid |
| 01 Dec 2024 | Office Costs Software & applications | ADOBE PREMIERE PRO | 22 | Paid |
| 21 Nov 2024 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 62 | Paid |
| 19 Nov 2024 | Office Costs Hospitality | Bottled water purchased for interviews of potential candidates for Senior Parliamentary Assistant | 3 | Paid |
| 15 Nov 2024 | Office Costs Hospitality | Bottled water purchased for interviews of potential candidates for Senior Parliamentary Assistant | 1 | Paid |
| 14 Nov 2024 | Office Costs Hospitality | Bottled water purchased for interviews of potential candidates for Senior Parliamentary Assistant | 3 | Paid |
| 06 Nov 2024 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | ECONOMIST GBP - GBP | 219 | Paid |
| 03 Nov 2024 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | WWW.HAYMARKET.COM | 555 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
No financial interests declared by this MP.
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 12 wards, 29 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackheath Westcombe | Christine St Matthew-Daniel | Labour Party | 2,170 | 05 May 2022 |
| Blackheath Westcombe | Leo Fletcher | Labour Party | 2,372 | 05 May 2022 |
| Blackheath Westcombe | Mariam Lolavar | Labour Party | 2,467 | 05 May 2022 |
| Charlton Hornfair | Clare Burke-McDonald | Labour Party | 1,744 | 05 May 2022 |
| Charlton Hornfair | Lakshan Saldin | Labour Party | 1,528 | 05 May 2022 |
| Charlton Village Riverside | Gary Dillon | Labour Party | 1,491 | 05 May 2022 |
| Charlton Village Riverside | Jo van den Broek | Labour Party | 1,346 | 05 May 2022 |
| East Greenwich | Maisie Richards Cottell | Labour Party | 1,844 | 05 May 2022 |
| East Greenwich | Majid Rahman | Labour Party | 1,700 | 05 May 2022 |
| East Greenwich | Rowshan Hannan | Labour Party | 1,825 | 05 May 2022 |
| Greenwich Creekside | Calum Mulligan O'Byrne | Labour Party | 1,224 | 05 May 2022 |
| Greenwich Creekside | Majella Anning | Labour Party | 1,463 | 05 May 2022 |
| Greenwich Park | Aidan Smith | Labour Party | 1,379 | 05 May 2022 |
| Greenwich Park | Pat Slattery | Labour Party | 1,441 | 05 May 2022 |
| Greenwich Peninsula | David Gardner | Labour Party | 1,047 | 05 May 2022 |
| Greenwich Peninsula | Denise Roseanna Scott-McDonald | Labour Party | 1,080 | 05 May 2022 |
| Greenwich Peninsula | Nick Williams | Labour Party | 959 | 05 May 2022 |
| Plumstead Common | Issy Cooke | Labour Party | 2,194 | 05 May 2022 |
| Plumstead Common | Matt Morrow | Labour Party | 2,083 | 05 May 2022 |
| Plumstead Common | Nas Asghar | Labour Party | 2,091 | 05 May 2022 |
| Shooters Hill | Danny Thorpe | Labour Party | 1,878 | 05 May 2022 |
| Shooters Hill | Ivis Williams | Labour Party | 1,757 | 05 May 2022 |
| Woolwich Arsenal | Jackie Smith | Labour Party | 1,538 | 05 May 2022 |
| Woolwich Arsenal | Joshua Olanrewaju Ayodele | Labour Party | 1,571 | 05 May 2022 |
| Woolwich Arsenal | Sam Littlewood | Labour Party | 1,540 | 05 May 2022 |
| Woolwich Common | Anthony Chika Okereke | Labour Party | 1,350 | 05 May 2022 |
| Woolwich Common | Elizabeth Ige | Labour Party | 1,486 | 05 May 2022 |
| Woolwich Dockyard | Asli Mohammed | Labour Party | 1,422 | 05 May 2022 |
| Woolwich Dockyard | Dominic Kobena Mbang | Labour Party | 1,495 | 05 May 2022 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 117,448 | Electorate 73,073 (2024) |
| Median age | 33 | years |
| Degree-educated | 55.4% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 55.3% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 37.1% | households |
| Private-rented | 30.6% | households |
| Social-rented | 32.2% | households |
| Employment rate | 66.6% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.