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Dr Allison Gardner vs Sonia Kumar

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

Photograph of Dr Allison Gardner
Dr Allison Gardner
Lab Stoke-on-Trent South
vs
Photograph of Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Dr Allison Gardner and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 448 shared comparable votes.

437 same votes 11 different votes 448 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
52 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
52 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
52 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

83.4%
11% above average
Rank 120 of 650
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 650
528
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
527
633 eligible divisions
258
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
274
52.0% of votes cast
270
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
253
48.0% of votes cast
13
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

104
+9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 650
Appearances
116
+21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 650
152
-12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 650
Contributions
134
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£200,981
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£200,981
11% below average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Draft Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Housing (Tenancy Deposit Schemes) Order 2026 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API