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Helena Dollimore vs Sonia Kumar

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

Photograph of Helena Dollimore
Helena Dollimore
Lab Hastings and Rye
vs
Photograph of Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Helena Dollimore and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 409 shared comparable votes.

406 same votes 3 different votes 409 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
41 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
41 Aye 39 No
26 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
41 Aye 39 No
26 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

78.1%
6% above average
Rank 248 of 650
Participation
82.9%
11% above average
Rank 137 of 650
484
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
514
620 eligible divisions
230
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
51.4% of votes cast
254
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
250
48.6% of votes cast
3
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

93
0.0 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
Appearances
113
+20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
111
-51.0 vs Commons average
Rank 349 of 650
Contributions
130
-32.0 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£222,164
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£222,164
2% below average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
5
4 registered categories
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Transport
27 of 30 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
58 of 66 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API