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Catherine Atkinson vs Sonia Kumar

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


Voting alignment

Catherine Atkinson and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 423 shared comparable votes.

410 same votes 13 different votes 423 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
54 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
54 Aye 32 No
29 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 5 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
54 Aye 32 No
29 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 5 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
8% above average
Rank 194 of 650
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 650
509
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
530
636 eligible divisions
260
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
275
51.9% of votes cast
249
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
255
48.1% of votes cast
15
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

106
+9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Appearances
122
+25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 650
194
+25.8 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650
Contributions
140
-28.2 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£207,563
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£207,563
8% below average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
4
2 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

Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
29 of 33 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API