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Brian Mathew vs Sonia Kumar

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 319 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 267 different votes 319 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 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 57% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 14 No
Housing 33% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
36 Aye 29 No
5 Aye 19 No
Education 4% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 3 No
Transport 7% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 14 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 10% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

65.3%
7% below average
Rank 510 of 649
Participation
82.1%
9% above average
Rank 159 of 649
379
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
476
580 eligible divisions
191
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
249
52.3% of votes cast
188
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
227
47.7% of votes cast
11
2.9% 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

81
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649
Appearances
97
+18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 649
91
-46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
107
-30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
4
3 registered categories
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

#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API