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Richard Foord vs Sonia Kumar

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 291 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 230 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
8 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 56% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 14 No
Housing 33% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 17 No
Education 4% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
27 Aye 35 No
Tax 5% aligned 62 shared votes
38 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 1 No
Transport 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 10 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

61.3%
11% below average
Rank 567 of 650
Participation
82.5%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 650
669
1,092 eligible divisions
Total votes
491
595 eligible divisions
361
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
254
51.7% of votes cast
308
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
237
48.3% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

247
+162.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 650
Appearances
107
+22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 650
270
+122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Contributions
119
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£772,982
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
6
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

Foreign Affairs
25 of 30 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
5 of 5 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API