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Zarah Sultana vs Dr Scott Arthur

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

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Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South
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Dr Scott Arthur
Lab Edinburgh South West

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Dr Scott Arthur voted the same way 74% of the time, based on 337 shared comparable votes.

248 same votes 89 different votes 337 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
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
45 Aye 29 No
Tax 93% aligned 74 shared votes
44 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 7 No
Energy 93% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 88% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 15 No
Defence 86% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 0 No
Trade 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 45% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 10 No
Benefits 50% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 56% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 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
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 154 of 649
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
485
590 eligible divisions
639
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
237
48.9% of votes cast
599
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
248
51.1% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.5% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

18
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 649
Appearances
179
+96.7 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 649
20
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 649
Contributions
283
+139.5 vs Commons average
Rank 65 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
£173,383
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£173,383
23% below average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Defence
31 of 34 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
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
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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