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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 362 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 355 different votes 362 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
19 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
35 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
54 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
54 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 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

88.1 %
15 % above average
Rank 47 of 650
Participation
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 162 of 650
2,061
2,340 eligible divisions
Total votes
454
554 eligible divisions
971
47.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
237
52.2 % of votes cast
1,090
52.9 % of votes cast
No votes
217
47.8 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

132
+64.2 vs Commons average
Rank 51 of 650
Appearances
94
+26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 650
157
+36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 650
Contributions
103
-17.4 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 650

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
7
5 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
33 of 33 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
84 of 88 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Defence
65 of 70 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Migration
155 of 169 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