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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.

Photograph of Dame Meg Hillier
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 974 shared comparable votes.

899 same votes 75 different votes 974 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
19 Aye 18 No
Trade 100% aligned 37 shared votes
19 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
11 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 78% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
34 Aye 11 No
Education 82% aligned 45 shared votes
30 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

73.4 %
same as average
Rank 359 of 648
Participation
74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 328 of 648
1,698
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,193
1,594 eligible divisions
967
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
619
51.9 % of votes cast
731
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
574
48.1 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

88
+28.1 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 648
Appearances
16
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 648
120
+12.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 648
Contributions
21
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 648

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
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
15
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
60 of 65 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
140 of 152 votes
Education
81 of 95 votes
#3
Defence
51 of 58 votes
Defence
50 of 59 votes
#4
Housing
45 of 53 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#5
Trade
42 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No
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
Where they voted the same
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
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
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
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
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