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Rushanara Ali vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Rushanara Ali and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,714 shared comparable votes.

1,694 same votes 20 different votes 1,714 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
140 Aye 81 No
Tax 100% aligned 221 shared votes
140 Aye 81 No
88 Aye 83 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 171 shared votes
88 Aye 83 No
42 Aye 100 No
Migration 100% aligned 142 shared votes
42 Aye 100 No
53 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 75 shared votes
53 Aye 22 No
35 Aye 38 No
Transport 100% aligned 73 shared votes
35 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
109 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 178 shared votes
112 Aye 66 No
41 Aye 37 No
Trade 99% aligned 78 shared votes
40 Aye 38 No
140 Aye 81 No
Tax 100% aligned 221 shared votes
140 Aye 81 No
88 Aye 83 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 171 shared votes
88 Aye 83 No
42 Aye 100 No
Migration 100% aligned 142 shared votes
42 Aye 100 No

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

Voting record

76.4%
4% above average
Rank 277 of 650
Participation
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 151 of 650
1,824
2,388 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,965
2,388 eligible divisions
1,031
56.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,090
55.5% of votes cast
793
43.5% of votes cast
No votes
875
44.5% of votes cast
20
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

48
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 650
Appearances
152
+65.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 650
45
-105.6 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650
Contributions
645
+494.4 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£325,502
44% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
5
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 70 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Trade
83 of 94 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Housing
59 of 67 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