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Zarah Sultana vs Gareth Bacon

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 Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,075 shared comparable votes.

79 same votes 996 different votes 1,075 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
23 Aye 19 No
Housing 19% aligned 42 shared votes
11 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 17% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
25 Aye 17 No
Education 12% aligned 42 shared votes
12 Aye 30 No
54 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 129 shared votes
70 Aye 59 No
25 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
34 Aye 101 No
Migration 2% aligned 135 shared votes
98 Aye 37 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 328 of 648
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 59 of 648
1,193
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,401
1,594 eligible divisions
619
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
683
48.8 % of votes cast
574
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
718
51.2 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

16
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 648
Appearances
42
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 648
21
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 648
Contributions
53
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Migration
140 of 152 votes
#2
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Defence
51 of 58 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 152 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
Trade
42 of 50 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
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