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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 92% of the time, based on 920 shared comparable votes.

846 same votes 74 different votes 920 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
7 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 86% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
30 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 87% aligned 54 shared votes
25 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 446 of 649
Participation
74.6 %
2 % above average
Rank 324 of 649
1,633
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,225
1,643 eligible divisions
915
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
634
51.8 % of votes cast
718
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
591
48.2 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

41
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 650
Appearances
14
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 650
29
-109.3 vs Commons average
Rank 571 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

£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
14
5 registered categories
2
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

Defence
63 of 71 votes
#1
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
45 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
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
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 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
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
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