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Sir Geoffrey Cox vs Sonia Kumar

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

Photograph of Sir Geoffrey Cox
Sir Geoffrey Cox
Con Torridge and Tavistock
vs
Photograph of Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Sir Geoffrey Cox and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 201 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 200 different votes 201 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

66.1%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
Participation
82.1%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,566
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
478
582 eligible divisions
737
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
249
52.1% of votes cast
829
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
229
47.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

8
-72.0 vs Commons average
Rank 621 of 649
Appearances
99
+19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
13
-126.4 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 649
Contributions
110
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£264,705
17% above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
15
3 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

Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
52 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API