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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 820 shared comparable votes.

762 same votes 58 different votes 820 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

64.2%
8% below average
Rank 530 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
599
48.4% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 649
Appearances
18
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
62
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 468 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

£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
13
6 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
46 of 54 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
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 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
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
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
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
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