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Alison Bennett vs Sonia Kumar

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


Voting alignment

Alison Bennett and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 359 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 283 different votes 359 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
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 1 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 56% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 14 No
Housing 38% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 17 No
Education 3% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
32 Aye 43 No
Tax 4% aligned 75 shared votes
46 Aye 29 No
12 Aye 4 No
Transport 6% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 10% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 12 No
Defence 14% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

71.8%
1% below average
Rank 388 of 650
Participation
82.5%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 650
427
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
491
595 eligible divisions
229
53.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
254
51.7% of votes cast
198
46.4% of votes cast
No votes
237
48.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

143
+57.8 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 650
Appearances
107
+21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 650
165
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650
Contributions
119
-29.6 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£141,775
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£141,775
37% below average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
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

#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Education
40 of 50 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
5 of 5 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API