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Lisa Smart vs Sonia Kumar

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 340 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 269 different votes 340 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
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 1 No
Energy 55% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 6 No
Housing 54% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 20 No
Education 3% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
32 Aye 38 No
Tax 4% aligned 70 shared votes
41 Aye 29 No
12 Aye 4 No
Transport 6% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

66.7%
6% below average
Rank 487 of 650
Participation
82.5%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 650
397
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
491
595 eligible divisions
219
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
254
51.7% of votes cast
178
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
237
48.3% of votes cast
2
0.5% 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

180
+94.8 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 650
Appearances
107
+21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 650
253
+104.4 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Contributions
119
-29.6 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£239,061
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6% above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
21
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
3
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
5 of 5 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API