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Catherine Fookes vs Zarah Sultana

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

Photograph of Catherine Fookes
Catherine Fookes
Lab Monmouthshire
vs
Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

Catherine Fookes and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 69% of the time, based on 322 shared comparable votes.

221 same votes 101 different votes 322 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
5 Aye 11 No
Defence 94% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
39 Aye 21 No
Tax 93% aligned 60 shared votes
39 Aye 21 No
7 Aye 6 No
Energy 92% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 83% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 44% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 49% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 50% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 50% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 6 No
Housing 56% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
7% above average
Rank 196 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
241
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
231
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
599
48.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

79
-4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
Appearances
18
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
109
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 317 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

£211,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£211,272
7% below average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
4
2 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

Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#1
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 54 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
Where they voted the same
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
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
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