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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 91% of the time, based on 1,009 shared comparable votes.

916 same votes 93 different votes 1,009 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
24 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 15 No
Housing 75% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 76% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 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
19 Aye 8 No
Energy 89% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 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 318 of 649
Participation
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 345 of 649
1,235
1,654 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,743
2,372 eligible divisions
639
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
944
54.2% of votes cast
596
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
799
45.8% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

15
-65.2 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 649
Appearances
45
-35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 649
17
-122.7 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 649
Contributions
54
-85.7 vs Commons average
Rank 485 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
£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
62 of 67 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API