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Peter Dowd vs Zarah Sultana

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

Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle
vs
Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

Peter Dowd and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 895 shared comparable votes.

828 same votes 67 different votes 895 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
18 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 5 No
Housing 70% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 86% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 87% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 16 No
Benefits 89% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

69.2 %
4 % below average
Rank 455 of 648
Participation
74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 328 of 648
1,599
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,193
1,594 eligible divisions
904
56.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
619
51.9 % of votes cast
695
43.5 % of votes cast
No votes
574
48.1 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

29
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 648
Appearances
16
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 648
14
-93.9 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 648
Contributions
21
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
15
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Defence
52 of 59 votes
#1
Work / Employment
60 of 65 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#2
Migration
140 of 152 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
#3
Defence
51 of 58 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#4
Housing
45 of 53 votes
Education
75 of 95 votes
#5
Trade
42 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 16 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API