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Zarah Sultana vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 1,179 shared comparable votes.

1,059 same votes 120 different votes 1,179 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
24 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
24 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
37 Aye 101 No
Migration 96% aligned 138 shared votes
38 Aye 100 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 19 No
Benefits 73% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 79% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 20 No
Housing 80% aligned 46 shared votes
33 Aye 13 No
32 Aye 19 No
Education 84% aligned 51 shared votes
36 Aye 15 No
55 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 87% aligned 128 shared votes
58 Aye 70 No

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

Voting record

74.6%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 650
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 150 of 650
1,259
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,978
2,406 eligible divisions
648
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,093
55.3% of votes cast
611
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
885
44.7% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

17
-73.6 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650
Appearances
155
+64.4 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 650
17
-140.6 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650
Contributions
678
+520.4 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
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

Work / Employment
65 of 70 votes
#1
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Trade
47 of 56 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API