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Sonia Kumar vs James Murray

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


Voting alignment

Sonia Kumar and James Murray voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 327 shared comparable votes.

326 same votes 1 different votes 327 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
50 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
50 Aye 40 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
50 Aye 40 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
486
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
252
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
234
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

104
+20.4 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650
Appearances
97
+13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
115
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
Contributions
757
+611.3 vs Commons average
Rank 6 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£195,259
14% below average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API