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Mr Louie French vs Sonia Kumar

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


Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 328 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 322 different votes 328 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
41 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
41 Aye 25 No
6 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
Participation
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
51.9% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
234
48.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
4 years, 9 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 649
Appearances
103
+21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 649
79
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 649
Contributions
114
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£423,303
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
8
4 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
16 of 16 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API