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Jim McMahon vs Zarah Sultana

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


Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 89% of the time, based on 989 shared comparable votes.

884 same votes 105 different votes 989 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 21 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 19 No
Benefits 71% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 73% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 9 No
Housing 77% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
47 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 81% aligned 104 shared votes
41 Aye 63 No
27 Aye 15 No
Education 83% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

71.7%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
952
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
752
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
599
48.4% of votes cast
11
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
10 years, 10 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

90
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 649
Appearances
18
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
245
+99.1 vs Commons average
Rank 89 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

£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17% above 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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Housing
55 of 67 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 54 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API