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Stephen Doughty vs Zarah Sultana

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

Photograph of Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth
vs
Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 867 shared comparable votes.

823 same votes 44 different votes 867 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
35 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 110 shared votes
35 Aye 75 No
19 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 16 No
Trade 100% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 16 No
Benefits 78% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 87% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 3 No
Education 90% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 91% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
47 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 92% aligned 99 shared votes
41 Aye 58 No

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

Voting record

66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
906
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
675
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
599
48.4% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
Appearances
18
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
350
+204.1 vs Commons average
Rank 47 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

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
13
6 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

Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 54 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B 15 Apr 2026
Education
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
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
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
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
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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