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Shabana Mahmood vs Zarah Sultana

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


Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 708 shared comparable votes.

681 same votes 27 different votes 708 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
19 Aye 72 No
Migration 100% aligned 91 shared votes
19 Aye 72 No
24 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 16 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 10 No
Benefits 73% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 20 No
Trade 91% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 2 No
Education 92% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
41 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 93% aligned 91 shared votes
37 Aye 54 No
11 Aye 9 No
Housing 95% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

54.1 %
19 % below average
Rank 610 of 647
Participation
74.9 %
2 % above average
Rank 323 of 647
1,257
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,202
1,605 eligible divisions
725
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
623
51.8 % of votes cast
532
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
579
48.2 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

48
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 647
Appearances
16
-47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 647
640
+526.2 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 647
Contributions
21
-92.8 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
15
5 registered categories
4
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
182 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
60 of 65 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
140 of 152 votes
Trade
58 of 88 votes
#3
Defence
51 of 58 votes
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
#4
Housing
45 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
29 of 45 votes
#5
Trade
42 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API