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Sonia Kumar vs Karl Turner

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 Karl Turner
Karl Turner
Ind Kingston upon Hull East

Voting alignment

Sonia Kumar and Karl Turner voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 211 shared comparable votes.

207 same votes 4 different votes 211 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
44 Aye 17 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
44 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 3 No
Housing 100% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 96% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
44 Aye 17 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
44 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 3 No
Housing 100% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 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
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 598 of 649
486
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,353
2,376 eligible divisions
252
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
784
57.9% of votes cast
234
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
569
42.1% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

104
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
Appearances
31
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 649
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649
Contributions
21
-124.9 vs Commons average
Rank 605 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
£2,663,153
all imported IPSA years
£195,259
14% below average
Latest expenses
£218,387
3% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
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
34 of 34 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Housing
46 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Benefits
52 of 81 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Trade
58 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Opposition Day: Jury trials 7 Jan 2026
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API