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Sonia Kumar vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Sonia Kumar and Alberto Costa voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 335 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 330 different votes 335 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
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
43 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
35 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
35 Aye 43 No
10 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

82.4%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
486
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
252
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
234
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

104
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
Appearances
23
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649
Contributions
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£195,259
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£195,259
14% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API