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Charlotte Nichols vs Sonia Kumar

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

Photograph of Charlotte Nichols
Charlotte Nichols
Lab Warrington North
vs
Photograph of Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Charlotte Nichols and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 418 shared comparable votes.

418 same votes 0 different votes 418 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
50 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
50 Aye 38 No
24 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
50 Aye 38 No
24 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

77.2%
5% above average
Rank 262 of 649
Participation
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 649
1,280
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
655
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
51.9% of votes cast
625
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
234
48.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

15
-67.3 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 649
Appearances
103
+20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
17
-126.5 vs Commons average
Rank 612 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

£1,254,140
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£305,109
35% above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
2
1 registered category
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

Education
64 of 69 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Housing
50 of 54 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Energy
43 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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