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Dame Meg Hillier vs Zarah Sultana

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

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Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch
vs
Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 998 shared comparable votes.

917 same votes 81 different votes 998 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
24 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 18 No
Trade 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 21 No
Benefits 73% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 12 No
Housing 76% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 79% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
35 Aye 11 No
Education 83% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
47 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 90% aligned 101 shared votes
43 Aye 58 No

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

Voting record

73.3 %
1 % above average
Rank 353 of 649
Participation
74.6 %
2 % above average
Rank 324 of 649
1,731
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,225
1,643 eligible divisions
983
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
634
51.8 % of votes cast
748
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
591
48.2 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

111
+33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 650
Appearances
14
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 650
150
+11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
Contributions
16
-122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30 % above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
14
5 registered categories
1
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

Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Housing
45 of 53 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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