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Mr Douglas Alexander vs Zarah Sultana

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


Voting alignment

Mr Douglas Alexander and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 196 shared comparable votes.

149 same votes 47 different votes 196 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
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 11 No
Defence 94% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
30 Aye 15 No
Tax 93% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 92% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 5 No
Housing 88% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 38% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 3 No
Trade 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 67% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
277
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
121
43.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
156
56.3% of votes cast
No votes
599
48.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

51
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Appearances
18
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
224
+78.1 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 649
Contributions
20
-125.9 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£792,708
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£91,911
59% below average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
6 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

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 54 votes
Defence
20 of 34 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Tax
63 of 112 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API