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John McDonnell vs Zarah Sultana

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

Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington
vs
Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 1,135 shared comparable votes.

1,055 same votes 80 different votes 1,135 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 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 82% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 11 No
Housing 84% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
56 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 88% aligned 128 shared votes
50 Aye 78 No
27 Aye 22 No
Benefits 88% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 34 No
Transport 88% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 222 of 649
Participation
74.6 %
2 % above average
Rank 324 of 649
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,225
1,643 eligible divisions
1,017
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
634
51.8 % of votes cast
850
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
591
48.2 % of votes cast
24
1.3 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

115
+37.1 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 650
Appearances
14
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 650
146
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650
Contributions
16
-122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
14
5 registered categories
6
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
63 of 69 votes
#1
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
45 of 53 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
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: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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