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Mark Sewards vs Sonia Kumar

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


Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 416 shared comparable votes.

415 same votes 1 different votes 416 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
49 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
49 Aye 39 No
25 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
49 Aye 39 No
25 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

78.0%
5% above average
Rank 243 of 649
Participation
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
51.9% of votes cast
246
53.5% 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

164
+81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 649
Appearances
103
+20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
175
+31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 164 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

£200,003
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
6
3 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API