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David Simmonds vs Sonia Kumar

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 318 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 311 different votes 318 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 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 10 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
33 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
43 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
43 Aye 33 No
10 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

83.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 133 of 650
Participation
82.1 %
9 % above average
Rank 161 of 650
1,357
1,626 eligible divisions
Total votes
458
558 eligible divisions
655
48.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
241
52.6 % of votes cast
702
51.7 % of votes cast
No votes
217
47.4 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

103
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 650
Appearances
94
+23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 650
253
+128.2 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650
Contributions
103
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 269 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14 % below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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

Migration
144 of 152 votes
#1
Defence
33 of 33 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 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