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Sonia Kumar vs Chris Philp

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


Voting alignment

Sonia Kumar and Chris Philp voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 303 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 287 different votes 303 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 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
24 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
35 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No
14 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No
14 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 4 No
Benefits 0% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 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
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 649
486
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,979
2,376 eligible divisions
252
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
48.5% of votes cast
234
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,020
51.5% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% 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
57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649
Contributions
86
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 383 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
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£195,259
14% below average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
209 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API