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Dr Lauren Sullivan vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Dr Lauren Sullivan and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 491 shared comparable votes.

480 same votes 11 different votes 491 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
60 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 96 shared votes
60 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
31 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 96 shared votes
60 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
31 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

88.0%
16% above average
Rank 41 of 650
Participation
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 144 of 650
555
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,417 eligible divisions
290
52.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,101
55.4% of votes cast
265
47.7% of votes cast
No votes
888
44.6% of votes cast
11
2.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

59
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 650
Appearances
172
+77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650
73
-91.6 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 650
Contributions
786
+621.4 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£154,312
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£154,312
32% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
6
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

Housing
32 of 32 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

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API