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Zarah Sultana vs Esther McVey

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


Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Esther McVey voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 765 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 692 different votes 765 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
7 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 43% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 26% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
40 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 16% aligned 88 shared votes
48 Aye 40 No
21 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 12% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 17 No
Benefits 12% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 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 319 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
639
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
599
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

18
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
Appearances
109
+27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
20
-122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 649
Contributions
160
+17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 175 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% 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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API