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Karin Smyth vs Sonia Kumar

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 383 shared comparable votes.

382 same votes 1 different votes 383 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
40 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
40 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
40 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

72.5 %
same as average
Rank 369 of 650
Participation
82.1 %
9 % above average
Rank 159 of 650
1,705
2,351 eligible divisions
Total votes
464
565 eligible divisions
953
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
244
52.6 % of votes cast
752
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
220
47.4 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

102
+29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 650
Appearances
91
+18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 156 of 650
370
+241.3 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 650
Contributions
100
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
0
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Education
81 of 95 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API