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Zarah Sultana vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Catherine West voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 1,033 shared comparable votes.

932 same votes 101 different votes 1,033 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
22 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 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
21 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 76% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 16 No
Housing 76% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
24 Aye 20 No
Benefits 77% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 18 No
Education 83% aligned 48 shared votes
34 Aye 14 No
50 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 87% aligned 116 shared votes
51 Aye 65 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
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 333 of 650
1,259
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,776
2,406 eligible divisions
648
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
54.0% of votes cast
611
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
817
46.0% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

17
-73.6 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650
Appearances
53
-37.6 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 650
17
-140.6 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650
Contributions
64
-93.6 vs Commons average
Rank 489 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
Trade
47 of 56 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 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