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Rachel Hopkins vs Sonia Kumar

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Hopkins and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 477 shared comparable votes.

476 same votes 1 different votes 477 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
55 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
55 Aye 40 No
32 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
55 Aye 40 No
32 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

84.9%
12% above average
Rank 96 of 649
Participation
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 649
1,408
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
746
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
51.9% of votes cast
662
47.0% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

86
+4.2 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
Appearances
103
+21.2 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 649
100
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Contributions
114
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£253,152
12% above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
2
2 registered categories
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

Housing
53 of 54 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Education
65 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
143 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API