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Bob Blackman vs Sonia Kumar

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 380 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 372 different votes 380 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
54 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
Participation
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 152 of 649
2,082
2,374 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
588 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
250
51.7% of votes cast
1,103
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
234
48.3% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

151
+70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 649
Appearances
102
+21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
177
+36.4 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
Contributions
113
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
8
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
211 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API