The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Luke Murphy vs Sonia Kumar

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

Photograph of Luke Murphy
Luke Murphy
Lab Basingstoke
vs
Photograph of Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Luke Murphy and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 394 shared comparable votes.

393 same votes 1 different votes 394 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
53 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
53 Aye 37 No
23 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
29 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
53 Aye 37 No
23 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
29 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 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

80.0%
7% above average
Rank 195 of 649
Participation
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 649
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
236
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
51.9% of votes cast
236
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
234
48.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
Appearances
103
+20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 649
Contributions
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£198,590
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£198,590
12% below average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
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
34 of 34 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API