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Richard Tice vs Sonia Kumar

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

Photograph of Richard Tice
Richard Tice
RUK Boston and Skegness
vs
Photograph of Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Richard Tice and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 249 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 220 different votes 249 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 3 No
Transport 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
0 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

51.9%
21% below average
Rank 618 of 649
Participation
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 649
305
588 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
588 eligible divisions
146
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
250
51.7% of votes cast
159
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
234
48.3% of votes cast
11
3.6% 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

171
+89.3 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 649
Appearances
102
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 156 of 649
240
+97.8 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 649
Contributions
113
-29.2 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£176,036
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£176,036
22% below average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
23
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
3
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
6 of 9 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
22 of 34 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
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