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Zarah Sultana vs Gareth Thomas

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 Thomas
Gareth Thomas
Lab Harrow West

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 918 shared comparable votes.

848 same votes 70 different votes 918 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
24 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 16 No
Trade 100% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 14 No
Housing 72% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 17 No
Benefits 75% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 83% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 88% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 25 No
Transport 88% aligned 43 shared votes
13 Aye 30 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
66.2 %
7 % below average
Rank 499 of 647
1,207
1,615 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,544
2,333 eligible divisions
625
51.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
882
57.1 % of votes cast
582
48.2 % of votes cast
No votes
662
42.9 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

16
-50.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649
Appearances
43
-23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
21
-97.1 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
Contributions
108
-10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 231 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30 % above average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 211 votes
Migration
140 of 152 votes
#2
Defence
52 of 64 votes
Defence
54 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 169 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 88 votes
Trade
42 of 50 votes
#5
Transport
67 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
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
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
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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