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Alan Mak vs Sonia Kumar

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

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Alan Mak
Con Havant
vs
Photograph of Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Alan Mak and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 347 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 343 different votes 347 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
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 13 No
Defence 4% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
36 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
52 Aye 36 No
8 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
52 Aye 36 No
8 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

85.4%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 649
Participation
82.1%
9% above average
Rank 159 of 649
2,021
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
476
580 eligible divisions
957
47.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
249
52.3% of votes cast
1,064
52.6% of votes cast
No votes
227
47.7% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

19
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 649
Appearances
97
+18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 649
22
-115.1 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
Contributions
107
-30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£292,278
29% above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
23
7 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
84 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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