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Sonia Kumar vs David Mundell

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

Photograph of Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley
vs
Photograph of David Mundell
David Mundell
Con Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

Voting alignment

Sonia Kumar and David Mundell voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 274 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 270 different votes 274 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
14 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
41 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
29 Aye 41 No
22 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
29 Aye 41 No
22 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

82.4%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 649
Participation
67.7%
5% below average
Rank 470 of 649
486
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,609
2,376 eligible divisions
252
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
769
47.8% of votes cast
234
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
840
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

104
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
Appearances
123
+39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 649
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649
Contributions
126
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£195,259
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,330,205
all imported IPSA years
£195,259
14% below average
Latest expenses
£330,224
46% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
34 of 34 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
201 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
73 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Migration
130 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
34 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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