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Alicia Kearns vs Sonia Kumar

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

Photograph of Alicia Kearns
Alicia Kearns
Con Rutland and Stamford
vs
Photograph of Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Alicia Kearns and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 276 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 258 different votes 276 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
8 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
36 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
36 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
18 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

69.9%
3% below average
Rank 433 of 649
Participation
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 649
1,159
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
575
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
51.9% of votes cast
584
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
234
48.1% of votes cast
27
2.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

127
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
Appearances
103
+20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
182
+38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 649
Contributions
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,417,308
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£320,176
42% above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
13
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 47 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 44 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
143 of 174 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Housing
44 of 54 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
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