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Zarah Sultana vs Debbie Abrahams

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 Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams
Lab Oldham East and Saddleworth

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Debbie Abrahams voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 988 shared comparable votes.

913 same votes 75 different votes 988 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 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 10 No
Energy 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 18 No
Benefits 72% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 15 No
Education 83% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 84% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
47 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 86% aligned 116 shared votes
55 Aye 61 No
23 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 87% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 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
70.6 %
2 % below average
Rank 416 of 647
1,207
1,615 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,648
2,333 eligible divisions
625
51.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
896
54.4 % of votes cast
582
48.2 % of votes cast
No votes
752
45.6 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
15 years, 5 months
Since 13 Jan 2011

Debates

16
-51.0 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
Appearances
65
-2.0 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 649
21
-98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 649
Contributions
78
-41.1 vs Commons average
Rank 344 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
£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£290,169
28 % above average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
140 of 152 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 75 votes
Defence
54 of 63 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
174 of 211 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Trade
42 of 50 votes
#5
Transport
74 of 91 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
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
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
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
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