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Edward Argar vs Sonia Kumar

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 384 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 378 different votes 384 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
34 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
53 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
53 Aye 34 No
10 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

90.0%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
Participation
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 152 of 649
2,134
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
586 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
249
51.7% of votes cast
1,118
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
233
48.3% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
+2.8 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 649
Appearances
100
+19.8 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
129
-10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 649
Contributions
111
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
1
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API