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Wera Hobhouse vs Sonia Kumar

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


Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 296 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 222 different votes 296 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 1 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 7 No
Housing 57% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
30 Aye 43 No
Tax 4% aligned 73 shared votes
46 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 3 No
Transport 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 13% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
Participation
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 649
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
844
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
51.9% of votes cast
710
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
234
48.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

147
+63.4 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
Appearances
104
+20.4 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650
209
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 650
Contributions
115
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35% above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
12
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

#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
70 of 87 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API