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Alex Burghart vs Sonia Kumar

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

Photograph of Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar
vs
Photograph of Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Alex Burghart and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 305 different votes 307 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
29 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
45 Aye 29 No
17 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
45 Aye 29 No
17 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

85.5 %
12 % above average
Rank 102 of 648
Participation
81.2 %
8 % above average
Rank 191 of 648
1,758
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
526 eligible divisions
844
48.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
232
54.3 % of votes cast
914
52.0 % of votes cast
No votes
195
45.7 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 648
Appearances
77
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 648
103
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 648
Contributions
87
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£203,620
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 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

Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
#1
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Migration
154 of 161 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
80 of 84 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Defence
55 of 59 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 40 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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