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Helen Hayes vs Zarah Sultana

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

Photograph of Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes
Lab Dulwich and West Norwood
vs
Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

Helen Hayes and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 1,097 shared comparable votes.

1,019 same votes 78 different votes 1,097 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
23 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 16 No
Benefits 79% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
32 Aye 12 No
Housing 80% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 87% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 87% aligned 55 shared votes
24 Aye 31 No
51 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 89% aligned 114 shared votes
50 Aye 64 No

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

Voting record

79.4 %
7 % above average
Rank 213 of 649
Participation
74.6 %
2 % above average
Rank 324 of 649
1,875
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,225
1,643 eligible divisions
1,037
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
634
51.8 % of votes cast
838
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
591
48.2 % of votes cast
18
1.0 % 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

93
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 650
Appearances
14
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 650
121
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 232 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

£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£295,156
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
14
5 registered categories
4
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Housing
62 of 66 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#3
Housing
45 of 53 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Migration
149 of 171 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
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
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
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
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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