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Brian Mathew vs Zarah Sultana

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 53% of the time, based on 274 shared comparable votes.

145 same votes 129 different votes 274 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 100% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 86% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Energy 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 31 No
Tax 11% aligned 55 shared votes
33 Aye 22 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 22% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 16 No
Education 33% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 36% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

65.8%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
388
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
196
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
192
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
599
48.4% of votes cast
13
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 649
Appearances
18
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
92
-53.9 vs Commons average
Rank 364 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

£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
6 registered categories
0
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

#1
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 54 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API