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Paulette Hamilton vs Sonia Kumar

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


Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 434 shared comparable votes.

427 same votes 7 different votes 434 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
59 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
59 Aye 40 No
29 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
59 Aye 40 No
29 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

73.9%
2% above average
Rank 331 of 650
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 650
897
1,213 eligible divisions
Total votes
527
633 eligible divisions
446
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
274
52.0% of votes cast
451
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
253
48.0% of votes cast
7
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
4 years, 8 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

59
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
Appearances
116
+21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 650
70
-94.6 vs Commons average
Rank 479 of 650
Contributions
134
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£789,073
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26% above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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

Education
55 of 61 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
57 of 66 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API