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Sir Julian Lewis vs Sonia Kumar

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Lewis and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 381 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 375 different votes 381 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
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
35 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
45 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
45 Aye 35 No
19 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
7% above average
Rank 195 of 649
Participation
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 152 of 649
1,899
2,374 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
588 eligible divisions
899
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
250
51.7% of votes cast
1,000
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
234
48.3% of votes cast
41
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

357
+276.3 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
Appearances
102
+21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
481
+340.4 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 649
Contributions
113
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£212,155
6% below average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
2
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

Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Trade
83 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API