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Sonia Kumar vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Sonia Kumar and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 415 shared comparable votes.

414 same votes 1 different votes 415 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
50 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
50 Aye 36 No
23 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
50 Aye 36 No
23 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

82.1 %
9 % above average
Rank 161 of 650
Participation
82.5 %
10 % above average
Rank 151 of 650
458
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,934
2,344 eligible divisions
241
52.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,074
55.5 % of votes cast
217
47.4 % of votes cast
No votes
860
44.5 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % 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

93
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 650
Appearances
127
+57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 650
102
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 269 of 650
Contributions
565
+441.2 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£195,259
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£195,259
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4 % below average
6
4 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

Defence
33 of 33 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Defence
64 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API