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Zarah Sultana vs Catherine McKinnell

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

Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South
vs
Photograph of Catherine McKinnell
Catherine McKinnell
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne North

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Catherine McKinnell voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 933 shared comparable votes.

866 same votes 67 different votes 933 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
17 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 12 No
Housing 74% aligned 35 shared votes
30 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 17 No
Benefits 78% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 84% aligned 25 shared votes
2 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 87% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 13 No
Education 89% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 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 322 of 647
Participation
68.2 %
5 % below average
Rank 465 of 647
1,207
1,615 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,590
2,333 eligible divisions
625
51.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
874
55.0 % of votes cast
582
48.2 % of votes cast
No votes
716
45.0 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
16
1.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

16
-50.8 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 647
Appearances
23
-43.8 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 647
21
-97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 647
Contributions
37
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 525 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£312,180
38 % above average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
60 of 65 votes
#1
Work / Employment
63 of 75 votes
Migration
140 of 152 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Defence
54 of 63 votes
#3
Housing
53 of 66 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Trade
42 of 50 votes
#5
Trade
69 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
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