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Barry Gardiner vs Zarah Sultana

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

Photograph of Barry Gardiner
Barry Gardiner
Lab Brent West
vs
Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 908 shared comparable votes.

850 same votes 58 different votes 908 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
13 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
91 Aye 37 No
Tax 98% aligned 128 shared votes
92 Aye 36 No
21 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 80% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 81% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 83% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 20 No
Benefits 88% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 27 No
Transport 90% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
891
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
710
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
599
48.4% of votes cast
18
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

59
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 649
Appearances
18
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
97
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
20
-125.9 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19% above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
13
6 registered categories
2
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

Trade
77 of 91 votes
#1
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 54 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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