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Peter Lamb vs Sonia Kumar

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

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Peter Lamb
Lab Crawley
vs
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Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Peter Lamb and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 496 shared comparable votes.

480 same votes 16 different votes 496 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
60 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 101 shared votes
60 Aye 41 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 21 No
Defence 85% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
30 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
60 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 101 shared votes
60 Aye 41 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

92.3%
20% above average
Rank 8 of 650
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 650
587
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
530
636 eligible divisions
293
49.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
275
51.9% of votes cast
294
50.1% of votes cast
No votes
255
48.1% of votes cast
18
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

34
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 570 of 650
Appearances
121
+24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 650
48
-120.9 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
Contributions
139
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£133,437
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£133,437
41% below average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
10 of 10 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Second Reading 9 Sept 2025
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day: Employers 11 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Draft Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026 4 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Housing (Tenancy Deposit Schemes) Order 2026 4 Nov 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
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