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Kirsteen Sullivan vs Rushanara Ali

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

Photograph of Kirsteen Sullivan
Kirsteen Sullivan
Lab Bathgate and Linlithgow
vs
Photograph of Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney

Voting alignment

Kirsteen Sullivan and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 355 shared comparable votes.

354 same votes 1 different votes 355 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
47 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
47 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
29 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
21 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 7 No
Benefits 95% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
47 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
47 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
29 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

71.1 %
2 % below average
Rank 404 of 649
Participation
76.3 %
4 % above average
Rank 280 of 649
409
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,802
2,361 eligible divisions
223
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,023
56.8 % of votes cast
186
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
779
43.2 % of votes cast
14
3.4 % of votes cast
Against party
18
1.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

75
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 269 of 650
Appearances
39
-38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 650
91
-47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 650
Contributions
36
-102.3 vs Commons average
Rank 547 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£198,590
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£198,590
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
30 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#4
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
#5
Housing
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
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
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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