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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 337 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 329 different votes 337 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
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 10 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
43 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
19 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
5 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
Participation
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
51.9% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
234
48.1% of votes cast
9
0.7% 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

112
+29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
Appearances
103
+20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
265
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 649
Contributions
114
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649

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
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

Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API