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Dr Zubir Ahmed vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Dr Zubir Ahmed and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 426 shared comparable votes.

412 same votes 14 different votes 426 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
42 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
42 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
42 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

71.7%
1% below average
Rank 389 of 650
Participation
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 650
456
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,994
2,422 eligible divisions
237
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,104
55.4% of votes cast
219
48.0% of votes cast
No votes
890
44.6% of votes cast
14
3.1% 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

82
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 650
Appearances
171
+74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
163
-5.2 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 650
Contributions
780
+611.8 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£243,911
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£243,911
8% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
3
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

Migration
12 of 13 votes
#1
Housing
64 of 68 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Energy
17 of 20 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Benefits
27 of 32 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API