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Gareth Thomas vs Zarah Sultana

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 947 shared comparable votes.

865 same votes 82 different votes 947 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 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 16 No
Trade 100% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 7 No
Housing 73% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 20 No
Benefits 75% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 83% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 31 No
Transport 86% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 7 No
Education 88% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
684
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
599
48.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

43
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 649
Appearances
18
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
48
-97.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 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

£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
6 registered categories
14
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
180 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 54 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API