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Alberto Costa vs Sonia Kumar

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


Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 335 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 330 different votes 335 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 8 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
35 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
43 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
43 Aye 35 No
17 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
Participation
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
51.9% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
234
48.1% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

23
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
Appearances
104
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 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

£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
3
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
199 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API