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Sonia Kumar vs Sir Roger Gale

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


Voting alignment

Sonia Kumar and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 294 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 292 different votes 294 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 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
48 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
21 Aye 48 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
21 Aye 48 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 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 599 of 649
486
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
252
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
234
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

104
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
Appearances
110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649
Contributions
96
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 351 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
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£195,259
14% below average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API