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Richard Baker vs Sonia Kumar

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

Photograph of Richard Baker
Richard Baker
Lab Glenrothes and Mid Fife
vs
Photograph of Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Richard Baker and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 398 shared comparable votes.

386 same votes 12 different votes 398 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
47 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
47 Aye 38 No
19 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
47 Aye 38 No
19 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

73.7%
1% above average
Rank 336 of 650
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 650
469
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
530
636 eligible divisions
224
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
275
51.9% of votes cast
245
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
255
48.1% of votes cast
13
2.8% 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

90
-7.0 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650
Appearances
122
+25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 650
110
-59.2 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 650
Contributions
140
-29.2 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£179,133
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£179,133
21% below average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Benefits
29 of 32 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
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
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 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
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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