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David Burton-Sampson vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

David Burton-Sampson and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 484 shared comparable votes.

481 same votes 3 different votes 484 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
55 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
55 Aye 43 No
30 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
55 Aye 43 No
30 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

87.6%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 650
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 150 of 650
543
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,978
2,406 eligible divisions
280
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,093
55.3% of votes cast
263
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
885
44.7% of votes cast
3
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

65
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 650
Appearances
153
+63.0 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 650
68
-88.6 vs Commons average
Rank 475 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

£191,962
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£191,962
15% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Housing
63 of 67 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API