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Valerie Vaz vs Zarah Sultana

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


Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 1,036 shared comparable votes.

966 same votes 70 different votes 1,036 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
24 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 11 No
Housing 82% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 13 No
Benefits 83% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
35 Aye 14 No
Education 84% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
60 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 87% aligned 121 shared votes
54 Aye 67 No
25 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 90% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

77.1 %
4 % above average
Rank 275 of 648
Participation
74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 328 of 648
1,782
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,193
1,594 eligible divisions
1,014
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
619
51.9 % of votes cast
768
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
574
48.1 % of votes cast
11
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

30
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 648
Appearances
16
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 648
15
-92.9 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 648
Contributions
21
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3 % below average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
15
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Work / Employment
60 of 65 votes
Education
90 of 95 votes
#2
Migration
140 of 152 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#3
Defence
51 of 58 votes
Migration
147 of 169 votes
#4
Housing
45 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API