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Zarah Sultana vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Bob Blackman voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 1,082 shared comparable votes.

98 same votes 984 different votes 1,082 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
13 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 18% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 18 No
Trade 14% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
55 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 126 shared votes
65 Aye 61 No
23 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 100 No
Migration 0% aligned 136 shared votes
100 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 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
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
639
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
599
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

18
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
Appearances
149
+67.3 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 649
20
-122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 649
Contributions
175
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 161 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

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