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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 435 shared comparable votes.

434 same votes 1 different votes 435 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 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
50 Aye 39 No
25 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
50 Aye 39 No
25 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 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

82.4%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
486
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
252
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
234
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

103
+20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
Appearances
157
+74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649
Contributions
668
+524.5 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649

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
3
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API