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Paul Holmes vs Sonia Kumar

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

Photograph of Paul Holmes
Paul Holmes
Con Hamble Valley
vs
Photograph of Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 291 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 286 different votes 291 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 11 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
42 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
42 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

85.8 %
13 % above average
Rank 91 of 648
Participation
81.2 %
8 % above average
Rank 191 of 648
1,367
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
526 eligible divisions
676
49.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
232
54.3 % of votes cast
691
50.5 % of votes cast
No votes
195
45.7 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

89
+28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 648
Appearances
78
+17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 648
360
+251.1 vs Commons average
Rank 27 of 648
Contributions
88
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4 % above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14 % below average
3
3 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
49 of 50 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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 Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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