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Zarah Sultana vs David Simmonds

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 David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and David Simmonds voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 994 shared comparable votes.

96 same votes 898 different votes 994 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
12 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 30% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 19 No
Housing 20% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 15 No
Education 14% aligned 37 shared votes
10 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 13% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 24 No
Transport 3% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
639
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
599
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

18
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
Appearances
112
+30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
20
-122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 649
Contributions
265
+122.7 vs Commons average
Rank 73 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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