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Rachel Blake vs Sonia Kumar

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Blake and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 412 shared comparable votes.

411 same votes 1 different votes 412 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
52 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
52 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
52 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

82.9%
10% above average
Rank 136 of 649
Participation
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 649
489
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
252
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
51.9% of votes cast
237
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
234
48.1% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 649
Appearances
103
+20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
87
-56.5 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Contributions
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£172,923
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£172,923
24% below average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API