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Zarah Sultana vs Alison McGovern

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


Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Alison McGovern voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 1,007 shared comparable votes.

913 same votes 94 different votes 1,007 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
18 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
17 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 97% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 14 No
Benefits 71% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 72% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 18 No
Education 78% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
47 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 89% aligned 113 shared votes
52 Aye 61 No
22 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 89% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

74.6%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 650
Participation
70.2%
2% below average
Rank 421 of 650
1,259
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,689
2,406 eligible divisions
648
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
933
55.2% of votes cast
611
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
756
44.8% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

17
-74.0 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650
Appearances
74
-17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 650
17
-141.5 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650
Contributions
560
+401.5 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Work / Employment
65 of 70 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Trade
47 of 56 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
174 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API