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Sarah Smith vs Zarah Sultana

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

Photograph of Sarah Smith
Sarah Smith
Lab Hyndburn
vs
Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 260 shared comparable votes.

195 same votes 65 different votes 260 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
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
18 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 19 shared votes
17 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 5 No
Energy 92% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
36 Aye 22 No
Tax 91% aligned 58 shared votes
37 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 5 No
Housing 87% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 38% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
2 Aye 3 No
Trade 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 50% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 10 No
Benefits 55% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 63% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

62.1 %
11 % below average
Rank 554 of 649
Participation
74.6 %
2 % above average
Rank 324 of 649
357
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,225
1,643 eligible divisions
191
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
634
51.8 % of votes cast
166
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
591
48.2 % of votes cast
13
3.6 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

62
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 650
Appearances
14
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 650
79
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 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

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30 % above average
2
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

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Housing
45 of 53 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Tax
80 of 111 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
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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: 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
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: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
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