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Jeff Smith vs Zarah Sultana

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 944 shared comparable votes.

855 same votes 89 different votes 944 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
16 Aye 10 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 21 No
Benefits 70% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
4 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 74% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 12 No
Housing 81% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 15 No
Education 85% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
55 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 85% aligned 112 shared votes
50 Aye 62 No

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

Voting record

79.5 %
6 % above average
Rank 228 of 648
Participation
74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 328 of 648
1,837
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,193
1,594 eligible divisions
1,009
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
619
51.9 % of votes cast
828
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
574
48.1 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

16
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 648
Appearances
16
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 648
21
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 648
Contributions
21
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
15
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Housing
61 of 66 votes
#1
Work / Employment
60 of 65 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
140 of 152 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Defence
51 of 58 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
45 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#5
Trade
42 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API