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Dr Rupa Huq vs Sonia Kumar

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

Photograph of Dr Rupa Huq
Dr Rupa Huq
Lab Ealing Central and Acton
vs
Photograph of Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Dr Rupa Huq and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 406 shared comparable votes.

398 same votes 8 different votes 406 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
32 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
32 Aye 41 No
21 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
32 Aye 41 No
21 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

73.5%
1% above average
Rank 341 of 650
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 650
1,777
2,419 eligible divisions
Total votes
527
633 eligible divisions
971
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
274
52.0% of votes cast
806
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
253
48.0% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

75
-21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 650
Appearances
118
+21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 650
76
-91.2 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
Contributions
136
-31.2 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,593,926
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£234,745
4% above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
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

Defence
63 of 71 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 80 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
78 of 94 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
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
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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