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Dawn Butler vs Zarah Sultana

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

Photograph of Dawn Butler
Dawn Butler
Lab Brent East
vs
Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 810 shared comparable votes.

754 same votes 56 different votes 810 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 65 No
Migration 100% aligned 89 shared votes
24 Aye 65 No
22 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 78% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 16 No
Benefits 82% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
41 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 83% aligned 90 shared votes
34 Aye 56 No
28 Aye 12 No
Education 85% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 87% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

64.1 %
9 % below average
Rank 528 of 649
Participation
74.6 %
2 % above average
Rank 324 of 649
1,514
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,225
1,643 eligible divisions
841
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
634
51.8 % of votes cast
673
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
591
48.2 % of votes cast
23
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 650
Appearances
14
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 650
64
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 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

£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30 % above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
14
5 registered categories
3
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
172 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Housing
45 of 53 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
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
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
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
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
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
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