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Blake Stephenson vs Sonia Kumar

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

Photograph of Blake Stephenson
Blake Stephenson
Con Mid Bedfordshire
vs
Photograph of Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Blake Stephenson and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 370 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 364 different votes 370 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
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
36 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
47 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
47 Aye 36 No
6 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

72.1%
same as average
Rank 379 of 650
Participation
82.9%
11% above average
Rank 137 of 650
447
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
514
620 eligible divisions
205
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
51.4% of votes cast
242
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
250
48.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

107
+14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 650
Appearances
113
+20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
225
+63.0 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 650
Contributions
130
-32.0 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£203,629
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£203,629
10% below average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 66 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Tax
93 of 114 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 42 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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: 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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