The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

David Baines vs Zarah Sultana

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

Photograph of David Baines
David Baines
Lab St Helens North
vs
Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

David Baines and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 286 shared comparable votes.

214 same votes 72 different votes 286 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
12 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
36 Aye 23 No
Tax 95% aligned 59 shared votes
37 Aye 22 No
7 Aye 5 No
Energy 92% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 88% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 88% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 39% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 3 No
Trade 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 50% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 50% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 57% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

66.6%
6% below average
Rank 487 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
393
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
191
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
202
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
599
48.4% of votes cast
15
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

26
-56.3 vs Commons average
Rank 571 of 649
Appearances
18
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 649
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
Contributions
20
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£136,662
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£136,662
40% below average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
1
1 registered category
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
29 of 30 votes
#1
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 54 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API