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Joe Powell vs Zarah Sultana

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

Photograph of Joe Powell
Joe Powell
Lab Kensington and Bayswater
vs
Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

Joe Powell and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 70% of the time, based on 309 shared comparable votes.

215 same votes 94 different votes 309 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
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
28 Aye 25 No
Tax 91% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 10 No
Education 86% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 6 No
Energy 86% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Trade 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 10 No
Benefits 44% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 6 No
Migration 50% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 54% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

75.3%
3% above average
Rank 304 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
444
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
208
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
236
53.2% 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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

93
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 649
Appearances
18
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
123
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 264 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

£214,410
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£214,410
5% below average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
5
4 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 54 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
35 of 39 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 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
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
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