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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.


Voting alignment

Claire Coutinho and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 274 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 269 different votes 274 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
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
Participation
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 649
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
651
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
51.9% of votes cast
608
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
234
48.1% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
Appearances
103
+20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
108
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 315 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

£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
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

Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
133 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API