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Jess Phillips vs Zarah Sultana

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

Photograph of Jess Phillips
Jess Phillips
Lab Birmingham Yardley
vs
Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

Jess Phillips and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 959 shared comparable votes.

867 same votes 92 different votes 959 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 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
36 Aye 94 No
Migration 98% aligned 130 shared votes
37 Aye 93 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 19 No
Benefits 78% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 79% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
30 Aye 1 No
Education 81% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 84% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 31 No
Transport 86% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

69.2%
3% below average
Rank 444 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
1,645
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
943
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
702
42.7% 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
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 649
Appearances
18
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
223
+77.1 vs Commons average
Rank 114 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

£2,246,747
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£267,662
18% above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
10
3 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

Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Defence
56 of 71 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
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
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 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
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 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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