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Kerry McCarthy vs Zarah Sultana

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 1,114 shared comparable votes.

1,001 same votes 113 different votes 1,114 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
25 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 22 No
Benefits 73% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 79% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
32 Aye 12 No
Housing 80% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
33 Aye 13 No
Education 83% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
57 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 85% aligned 112 shared votes
50 Aye 62 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 221 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
599
48.4% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
Appearances
18
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
110
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 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

£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
6 registered categories
7
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 54 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API