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Sonia Kumar vs Claire Hughes

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


Voting alignment

Sonia Kumar and Claire Hughes voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 424 shared comparable votes.

423 same votes 1 different votes 424 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
55 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
55 Aye 39 No
28 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
55 Aye 39 No
28 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

82.3 %
10 % above average
Rank 158 of 650
Participation
90.4 %
18 % above average
Rank 17 of 650
464
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
510
564 eligible divisions
244
52.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
265
52.0 % of votes cast
220
47.4 % of votes cast
No votes
245
48.0 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

92
+21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
Appearances
8
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 623 of 650
101
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 650
Contributions
8
-118.0 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£195,259
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£195,259
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20 % below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Education
49 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API