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Jim Dickson vs Zarah Sultana

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

Photograph of Jim Dickson
Jim Dickson
Lab Dartford
vs
Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

Jim Dickson and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 71% of the time, based on 357 shared comparable votes.

253 same votes 104 different votes 357 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
7 Aye 6 No
Energy 100% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
43 Aye 30 No
Tax 93% aligned 73 shared votes
44 Aye 29 No
7 Aye 11 No
Transport 83% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 83% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
22 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 48% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 50% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 50% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 56% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

89.5 %
17 % above average
Rank 28 of 650
Participation
74.5 %
2 % above average
Rank 330 of 650
504
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,215
1,631 eligible divisions
243
48.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
629
51.8 % of votes cast
261
51.8 % of votes cast
No votes
586
48.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

115
+44.1 vs Commons average
Rank 89 of 650
Appearances
16
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 650
128
+2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 650
Contributions
18
-107.8 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£172,033
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£172,033
24 % below average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
15
5 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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Work / Employment
60 of 65 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
140 of 152 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Housing
45 of 53 votes
Defence
32 of 33 votes
#4
Defence
58 of 69 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
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
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
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
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API