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Stuart Anderson vs Sonia Kumar

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

Photograph of Stuart Anderson
Stuart Anderson
Con South Shropshire
vs
Photograph of Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

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

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

Voting record

77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 270 of 648
Participation
81.2 %
8 % above average
Rank 191 of 648
1,231
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
526 eligible divisions
593
48.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
232
54.3 % of votes cast
638
51.8 % of votes cast
No votes
195
45.7 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 648
Appearances
75
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 648
94
-13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 648
Contributions
85
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,320,074
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£303,089
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
0
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Energy
40 of 45 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
43 of 50 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Crime / Justice
145 of 173 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
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
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
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
Aye
No
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
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
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
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
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