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Priti Patel vs Sonia Kumar

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


Voting alignment

Priti Patel and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 311 different votes 315 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
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
33 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
44 Aye 33 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
44 Aye 33 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

61.8%
11% below average
Rank 557 of 650
Participation
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 137 of 650
1,487
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
513
619 eligible divisions
679
45.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
263
51.3% of votes cast
808
54.3% of votes cast
No votes
250
48.7% of votes cast
14
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

70
-18.8 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 650
Appearances
112
+23.2 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 650
96
-58.6 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 650
Contributions
129
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£244,429
8% above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
12
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
12
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
189 of 212 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Trade
73 of 94 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Housing
52 of 67 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Tax
218 of 324 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API