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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 250 shared comparable votes.

188 same votes 62 different votes 250 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
16 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 94% aligned 17 shared votes
15 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
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
21 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 38% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 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
1 Aye 5 No
Migration 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

61.5 %
11 % below average
Rank 564 of 650
Participation
74.5 %
2 % above average
Rank 330 of 650
346
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,215
1,631 eligible divisions
184
53.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
629
51.8 % of votes cast
162
46.8 % of votes cast
No votes
586
48.2 % of votes cast
13
3.8 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

50
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
Appearances
16
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 650
67
-58.8 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
18
-107.8 vs Commons average
Rank 600 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
15
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
4 of 5 votes
#1
Work / Employment
60 of 65 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
140 of 152 votes
Defence
24 of 33 votes
#3
Housing
45 of 53 votes
Migration
8 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
58 of 69 votes
Tax
80 of 111 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API