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Deirdre Costigan vs Sonia Kumar

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 405 shared comparable votes.

404 same votes 1 different votes 405 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
45 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
45 Aye 37 No
28 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 5 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
45 Aye 37 No
28 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 5 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

91.2%
19% above average
Rank 13 of 649
Participation
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 649
538
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
277
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
51.9% of votes cast
261
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
234
48.1% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

23
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649
Appearances
103
+20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
26
-117.5 vs Commons average
Rank 589 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

£196,485
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% 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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API