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Alice Macdonald vs Sonia Kumar

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

Photograph of Alice Macdonald
Alice Macdonald
Lab Norwich North
vs
Photograph of Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Alice Macdonald and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 421 shared comparable votes.

421 same votes 0 different votes 421 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
29 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
29 Aye 41 No
32 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
29 Aye 41 No
32 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

84.7%
12% above average
Rank 99 of 649
Participation
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 649
500
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
244
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
51.9% of votes cast
256
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
234
48.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

30
-52.3 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 649
Appearances
103
+20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
37
-106.5 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649
Contributions
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£186,253
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£186,253
18% below average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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

Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Crime / Justice
60 of 62 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API