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Lauren Edwards vs Zarah Sultana

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

Photograph of Lauren Edwards
Lauren Edwards
Lab Rochester and Strood
vs
Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

Lauren Edwards and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 70% of the time, based on 344 shared comparable votes.

240 same votes 104 different votes 344 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
40 Aye 31 No
Tax 92% aligned 71 shared votes
42 Aye 29 No
7 Aye 7 No
Energy 86% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 83% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 16 No
Defence 83% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 78% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 48% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 10 No
Benefits 48% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 2 No
Housing 53% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 56% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 95 of 649
Participation
74.6 %
2 % above average
Rank 324 of 649
489
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,225
1,643 eligible divisions
244
49.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
634
51.8 % of votes cast
245
50.1 % of votes cast
No votes
591
48.2 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

46
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
Appearances
14
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 650
64
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 444 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

£133,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£133,786
41 % below average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
14
5 registered categories
1
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Housing
45 of 53 votes
Crime / Justice
60 of 62 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Defence
32 of 34 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
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
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
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
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
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