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Sonia Kumar vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Sonia Kumar and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 281 different votes 284 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
12 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
32 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
34 Aye 32 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
34 Aye 32 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 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
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
486
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
252
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
234
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

104
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£195,259
14% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API