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Sir Geoffrey Cox vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Sir Geoffrey Cox and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,328 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,276 different votes 1,328 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
14 Aye 24 No
Energy 5% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
59 Aye 93 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 152 shared votes
94 Aye 58 No
16 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
75 Aye 40 No
Migration 3% aligned 115 shared votes
36 Aye 79 No
12 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,571
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
740
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
831
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

8
-75.7 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
Appearances
159
+75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
13
-132.9 vs Commons average
Rank 621 of 649
Contributions
670
+524.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£264,705
17% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
16
3 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Defence
52 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API