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Julia Lopez vs Sonia Kumar

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

Photograph of Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster
vs
Photograph of Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Julia Lopez and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 384 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 379 different votes 384 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
37 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 91 shared votes
54 Aye 37 No
18 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 91 shared votes
54 Aye 37 No
18 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

83.3%
11% above average
Rank 123 of 650
Participation
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 137 of 650
1,792
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
513
619 eligible divisions
861
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
263
51.3% of votes cast
931
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
250
48.7% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

30
-58.8 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 650
Appearances
113
+24.2 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 650
38
-116.8 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 650
Contributions
130
-24.8 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£227,011
same as average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
186 of 189 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Migration
151 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
82 of 90 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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