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John Cooper vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

John Cooper and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 358 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 352 different votes 358 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
35 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
8 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
8 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

71.5 %
1 % below average
Rank 397 of 650
Participation
82.5 %
10 % above average
Rank 154 of 650
396
554 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,930
2,340 eligible divisions
167
42.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,070
55.4 % of votes cast
229
57.8 % of votes cast
No votes
860
44.6 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

86
+18.2 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 650
Appearances
123
+55.2 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 650
108
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 650
Contributions
561
+440.6 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£154,450
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4 % below average
3
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
#4
Defence
64 of 70 votes
Tax
90 of 108 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API