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Melanie Ward vs Zarah Sultana

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

Photograph of Melanie Ward
Melanie Ward
Lab Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy
vs
Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

Melanie Ward and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 288 shared comparable votes.

221 same votes 67 different votes 288 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
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
39 Aye 27 No
Tax 94% aligned 66 shared votes
39 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 92% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 3 No
Energy 89% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 38% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 48% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 11 No
Benefits 50% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 56% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 17 No
Defence 80% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 290 of 650
Participation
74.5 %
2 % above average
Rank 330 of 650
428
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,215
1,631 eligible divisions
214
50.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
629
51.8 % of votes cast
214
50.0 % of votes cast
No votes
586
48.2 % of votes cast
12
2.8 % 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

69
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 650
Appearances
16
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 650
87
-38.8 vs Commons average
Rank 326 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

£195,558
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30 % above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
15
5 registered categories
0
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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Work / Employment
60 of 65 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
140 of 152 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Housing
45 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Defence
58 of 69 votes
Defence
32 of 33 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
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
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API