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Seema Malhotra vs Zarah Sultana

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

Photograph of Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston
vs
Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 947 shared comparable votes.

885 same votes 62 different votes 947 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
24 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 17 No
Trade 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 22 No
Transport 100% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 8 No
Housing 76% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 20 No
Benefits 76% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 86% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
26 Aye 24 No
Defence 90% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
907
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
712
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
599
48.4% of votes cast
13
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

63
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
Appearances
18
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
335
+189.1 vs Commons average
Rank 51 of 649
Contributions
20
-125.9 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12% above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
6 registered categories
1
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

Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 54 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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