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Graeme Downie vs Zarah Sultana

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

Photograph of Graeme Downie
Graeme Downie
Lab Dunfermline and Dollar
vs
Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

Graeme Downie and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 72% of the time, based on 251 shared comparable votes.

180 same votes 71 different votes 251 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
6 Aye 5 No
Energy 100% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
20 Aye 23 No
Tax 95% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 93% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 9 No
Benefits 46% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 48% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
2 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 50% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 63% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 63% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 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 527 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
379
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
165
43.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
214
56.5% of votes cast
No votes
599
48.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 649
Appearances
18
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 345 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

£234,085
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£234,085
3% above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
4
2 registered categories
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 54 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
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 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
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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