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Sonia Kumar vs Stuart Anderson

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 Stuart Anderson
Stuart Anderson
Con South Shropshire

Voting alignment

Sonia Kumar and Stuart Anderson voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 267 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 264 different votes 267 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
13 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
40 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
26 Aye 40 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
26 Aye 40 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

81.6 %
8 % above average
Rank 180 of 647
Participation
76.7 %
4 % above average
Rank 280 of 647
438
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,231
1,605 eligible divisions
234
53.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
593
48.2 % of votes cast
204
46.6 % of votes cast
No votes
638
51.8 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

88
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 647
Appearances
53
-10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 647
98
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 647
Contributions
94
-19.6 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£195,259
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,320,074
all imported IPSA years
£195,259
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£303,089
34 % above average
7
5 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
22 of 22 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Energy
40 of 45 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Trade
43 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
145 of 173 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API