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Matt Western vs Sonia Kumar

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 350 shared comparable votes.

349 same votes 1 different votes 350 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 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
53 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
53 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

74.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 326 of 649
Participation
82.1 %
9 % above average
Rank 159 of 649
1,567
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
575 eligible divisions
876
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
248
52.5 % of votes cast
691
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
224
47.5 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

94
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 167 of 649
Appearances
97
+19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 156 of 649
114
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 252 of 649
Contributions
106
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14 % below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 40 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API