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Zarah Sultana vs Blair McDougall

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


Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Blair McDougall voted the same way 72% of the time, based on 300 shared comparable votes.

215 same votes 85 different votes 300 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
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 94% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
38 Aye 24 No
Tax 92% aligned 62 shared votes
37 Aye 25 No
6 Aye 6 No
Energy 92% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 83% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 0 No
Trade 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 50% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 10 No
Benefits 52% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 53% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 10 No
Housing 55% aligned 20 shared votes
17 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 372 of 649
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
590 eligible divisions
639
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
50.8% of votes cast
599
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
210
49.2% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

18
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
20
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 649
Contributions
307
+163.5 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
3
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

Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
24 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API