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Sojan Joseph vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Sojan Joseph and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 503 shared comparable votes.

489 same votes 14 different votes 503 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
55 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
55 Aye 43 No
32 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
55 Aye 43 No
32 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

89.8%
17% above average
Rank 21 of 650
Participation
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 650
571
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,994
2,422 eligible divisions
283
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,104
55.4% of votes cast
288
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
890
44.6% of votes cast
14
2.5% 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

73
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
Appearances
172
+75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
87
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 650
Contributions
785
+616.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£158,669
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£158,669
30% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
6
4 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Housing
64 of 68 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Energy
20 of 20 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
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API