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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 339 shared comparable votes.

236 same votes 103 different votes 339 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
22 Aye 13 No
Education 77% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 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

85.8 %
13 % above average
Rank 86 of 650
Participation
74.5 %
2 % above average
Rank 330 of 650
483
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,215
1,631 eligible divisions
241
49.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
629
51.8 % of votes cast
242
50.1 % of votes cast
No votes
586
48.2 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

45
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 426 of 650
Appearances
16
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 650
61
-64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650
Contributions
18
-107.8 vs Commons average
Rank 600 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
15
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
60 of 65 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
140 of 152 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
45 of 53 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Defence
58 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
60 of 61 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API