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Ian Lavery vs Zarah Sultana

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


Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 1,099 shared comparable votes.

1,018 same votes 81 different votes 1,099 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 20 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
34 Aye 99 No
Migration 99% aligned 133 shared votes
36 Aye 97 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 79% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
33 Aye 11 No
Education 86% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
32 Aye 12 No
Housing 86% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 32 No
Transport 88% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
809
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
599
48.4% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Appearances
18
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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

£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37% above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
6 registered categories
2
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

Defence
66 of 71 votes
#1
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 54 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 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
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API