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Paulette Hamilton vs Zarah Sultana

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

Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington
vs
Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 709 shared comparable votes.

609 same votes 100 different votes 709 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
10 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 4 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 57% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
39 Aye 33 No
Crime / Justice 71% aligned 72 shared votes
32 Aye 40 No
24 Aye 10 No
Housing 76% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 14 No
Education 80% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 80% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 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 289 of 649
Participation
74.6 %
2 % above average
Rank 324 of 649
878
1,155 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,225
1,643 eligible divisions
433
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
634
51.8 % of votes cast
445
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
591
48.2 % of votes cast
7
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
4 years, 5 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

60
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
Appearances
14
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 650
78
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 394 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

£789,073
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
14
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

Work / Employment
57 of 63 votes
#1
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Education
55 of 61 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#3
Housing
45 of 53 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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
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
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
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
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