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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
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Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Stuart Anderson and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 293 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 289 different votes 293 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
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
28 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
40 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
40 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

76.0%
3% above average
Rank 286 of 649
Participation
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 649
1,260
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
607
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
51.9% of votes cast
653
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
234
48.1% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

65
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649
Appearances
104
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
111
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 649
Contributions
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649

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
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Energy
42 of 48 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Crime / Justice
145 of 174 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
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
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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