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Claire Coutinho vs Sonia Kumar

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

Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey
vs
Photograph of Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Claire Coutinho and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 239 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 235 different votes 239 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
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

76.7 %
3 % above average
Rank 282 of 648
Participation
81.2 %
8 % above average
Rank 191 of 648
1,222
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
526 eligible divisions
632
51.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
232
54.3 % of votes cast
590
48.3 % of votes cast
No votes
195
45.7 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

41
-19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 648
Appearances
75
+14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 648
71
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 648
Contributions
85
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£989,828
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£192,253
15 % below average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14 % below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#1
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
52 of 58 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Trade
44 of 50 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Migration
133 of 152 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API