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Cat Smith vs Sonia Kumar

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 357 shared comparable votes.

354 same votes 3 different votes 357 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
42 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 93% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
42 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 377 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 129 of 650
1,744
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
525
631 eligible divisions
944
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
272
51.8% of votes cast
800
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
253
48.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650
Appearances
116
+21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 650
39
-125.5 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 650
Contributions
134
-30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API