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Uma Kumaran vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Uma Kumaran and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 365 shared comparable votes.

356 same votes 9 different votes 365 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
48 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
48 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
48 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

64.3%
8% below average
Rank 524 of 650
Participation
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 650
409
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,994
2,422 eligible divisions
212
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,104
55.4% of votes cast
197
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
890
44.6% of votes cast
9
2.2% 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

63
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 650
Appearances
172
+76.4 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 650
141
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650
Contributions
786
+619.5 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£213,620
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£213,620
6% below 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

Transport
30 of 32 votes
#1
Housing
64 of 68 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API