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Matthew Pennycook vs Zarah Sultana

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


Voting alignment

Matthew Pennycook and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 1,158 shared comparable votes.

1,044 same votes 114 different votes 1,158 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
24 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
23 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 21 No
Benefits 73% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 79% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
33 Aye 13 No
Housing 80% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
36 Aye 15 No
Education 84% aligned 51 shared votes
32 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 87% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No

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

Voting record

82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
870
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
599
48.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

159
+75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
Appearances
18
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
670
+524.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Contributions
20
-125.9 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£216,649
4% below average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
13
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
65 of 69 votes
#1
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Housing
63 of 67 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 54 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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