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Sonia Kumar vs Priti Patel

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


Voting alignment

Sonia Kumar and Priti Patel voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 294 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 290 different votes 294 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
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
25 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
44 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
32 Aye 44 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
32 Aye 44 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 1 No
Benefits 0% aligned 14 shared votes
1 Aye 13 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
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
486
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
252
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
234
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

104
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
Appearances
68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649
Contributions
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 356 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£195,259
14% below average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
189 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API