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Hilary Benn vs Zarah Sultana

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

Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South
vs
Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 1,084 shared comparable votes.

981 same votes 103 different votes 1,084 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 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 21 No
Benefits 74% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 78% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
33 Aye 11 No
Housing 82% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
59 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 85% aligned 120 shared votes
51 Aye 69 No
35 Aye 13 No
Education 85% aligned 48 shared votes
32 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
798
43.4% 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
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
Appearances
18
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
462
+316.1 vs Commons average
Rank 25 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

£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
2
2 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

Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
#1
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 54 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 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 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
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