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Neil O'Brien vs Sonia Kumar

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

Photograph of Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
vs
Photograph of Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Neil O'Brien and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 289 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 286 different votes 289 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
6 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
44 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
44 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

85.2 %
12 % above average
Rank 107 of 648
Participation
81.2 %
8 % above average
Rank 191 of 648
1,752
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
526 eligible divisions
860
49.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
232
54.3 % of votes cast
892
50.9 % of votes cast
No votes
195
45.7 % of votes cast
6
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 648
Appearances
75
+14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 648
34
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 648
Contributions
85
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£311,946
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 43 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Defence
55 of 59 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API