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Claire Hughes vs Sonia Kumar

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


Voting alignment

Claire Hughes and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 441 shared comparable votes.

440 same votes 1 different votes 441 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
55 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
55 Aye 39 No
28 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
55 Aye 39 No
28 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

89.8%
17% above average
Rank 22 of 649
Participation
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 649
530
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
271
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
51.9% of votes cast
259
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
234
48.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

0
-82.3 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 649
Appearances
103
+20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
0
-143.5 vs Commons average
Rank 643 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

£180,797
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£180,797
20% below average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
0
0 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API