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Sir Stephen Timms vs Sonia Kumar

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 402 shared comparable votes.

393 same votes 9 different votes 402 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
45 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
45 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
45 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

78.3%
6% above average
Rank 237 of 650
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 650
1,895
2,419 eligible divisions
Total votes
527
633 eligible divisions
1,041
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
274
52.0% of votes cast
854
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
253
48.0% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
32 years, 5 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-39.1 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
Appearances
118
+21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 650
201
+33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
Contributions
136
-31.2 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
8
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

Defence
64 of 71 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API