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Matt Western vs Zarah Sultana

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 994 shared comparable votes.

898 same votes 96 different votes 994 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
23 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
21 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
92 Aye 38 No
Tax 97% aligned 130 shared votes
92 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 19 No
Benefits 72% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 72% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
57 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 85% aligned 111 shared votes
48 Aye 63 No
37 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 87% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 24 No
Defence 89% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

74.3%
2% above average
Rank 323 of 650
Participation
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 650
1,598
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,688 eligible divisions
889
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
648
51.5% of votes cast
709
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
611
48.5% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

94
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
Appearances
17
-73.6 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650
110
-47.6 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 650
Contributions
17
-140.6 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
6 registered categories
3
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
79 of 82 votes
#1
Work / Employment
65 of 70 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 54 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 189 votes
#4
Trade
47 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API