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Blair McDougall vs Zarah Sultana

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

Photograph of Blair McDougall
Blair McDougall
Lab East Renfrewshire
vs
Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 72% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

201 same votes 79 different votes 280 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
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 94% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
37 Aye 25 No
Tax 92% aligned 62 shared votes
38 Aye 24 No
7 Aye 5 No
Energy 92% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 83% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 77% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 50% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 10 No
Benefits 52% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 2 No
Housing 53% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 53% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

72.1 %
1 % below average
Rank 381 of 650
Participation
74.5 %
2 % above average
Rank 330 of 650
406
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,215
1,631 eligible divisions
210
51.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
629
51.8 % of votes cast
196
48.3 % of votes cast
No votes
586
48.2 % of votes cast
12
3.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

39
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 650
Appearances
16
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 650
208
+82.2 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 650
Contributions
18
-107.8 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£186,207
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30 % above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
15
5 registered categories
3
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Work / Employment
60 of 65 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Migration
140 of 152 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 37 votes
#3
Housing
45 of 53 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#4
Defence
58 of 69 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
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