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Tom Tugendhat vs Sonia Kumar

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

Photograph of Tom Tugendhat
Tom Tugendhat
Con Tonbridge
vs
Photograph of Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Tom Tugendhat and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 251 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 246 different votes 251 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 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
45 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
45 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

73.5 %
1 % above average
Rank 343 of 650
Participation
82.1 %
9 % above average
Rank 159 of 650
1,729
2,351 eligible divisions
Total votes
464
565 eligible divisions
828
47.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
244
52.6 % of votes cast
901
52.1 % of votes cast
No votes
220
47.4 % of votes cast
22
1.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 650
Appearances
91
+18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 156 of 650
106
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 650
Contributions
100
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,161,547
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£287,101
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14 % below average
48
6 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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

Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
140 of 169 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Benefits
65 of 81 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API