Compare

Sonia Kumar vs Julia Lopez

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 Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster

Voting alignment

Sonia Kumar and Julia Lopez voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 360 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 355 different votes 360 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
54 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 91 shared votes
37 Aye 54 No
16 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 91 shared votes
37 Aye 54 No
16 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 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
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 127 of 649
486
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,768
2,121 eligible divisions
252
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
848
48.0% of votes cast
234
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
920
52.0% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

104
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
Appearances
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 649
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649
Contributions
35
-110.9 vs Commons average
Rank 563 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
£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
£195,259
14% below average
Latest expenses
£227,011
same as average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
185 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 163 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
79 of 87 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Tax
251 of 288 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
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API