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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Sonia Kumar

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 308 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 303 different votes 308 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 14 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
50 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
50 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
18 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

81.6 %
8 % above average
Rank 176 of 647
Participation
81.6 %
8 % above average
Rank 180 of 647
1,895
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
438
537 eligible divisions
865
45.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
234
53.4 % of votes cast
1,030
54.4 % of votes cast
No votes
204
46.6 % of votes cast
41
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 647
Appearances
88
+24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 647
149
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 647
Contributions
98
-15.8 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14 % below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 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

Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Crime / Justice
197 of 229 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API